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CICATRICE AMINCISSEMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 1978-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
CONT

The distal end of a feather scar has a smooth, gradual transition between the scar and the rock surface.

OBS

The author based this term on a construction term "feathering".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

LEBAT 1971, p. 160, donne amincissement comme équivalent de feathering. Je propose la même épithète pour désigner la cicatrice que l'enlèvement d'un éclat cause sur le nucléus.

Spanish

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