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GASH FRACTURE [1 record]

Record 1 2009-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

A linear opening in a rock developed under tensile conditions.

CONT

These veins may have formed in vertical tension gashes associated with the normal faulting.

OBS

gash fracture; tension crack; tension fissure: terms used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Synaxial tension crack, tension fissure.

Key term(s)
  • open gash fracture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
CONT

De l'argent natif a précipité dans de petites fissures de tension subparallèles à la stratification.

OBS

fissure de tension; fissure d'extension : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Fissure d'extension synaxiale.

Spanish

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