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TENSION FRACTURE [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A fracture that develops perpendicular to the direction of greatest stress and parallel to the direction of compression ...

CONT

Even at the local scale, veins are typically associated with, and hosted by, shear zones or faults, extensional fractures and stockwork zones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Écartement des lèvres d'une fracture perpendiculairement au plan de fracturation.

Spanish

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