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CLIVAGE FRACTURE [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
DEF

The capacity to part along closely spaced, parallel surfaces of fracture or near-fracture, commonly in a single set, but occasionally in intersecting sets.

CONT

It is important to mention the presence of a deformation band, with fracture schistosity, in the area affected by low-grade metamorphism.

OBS

fracture cleavage: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

Schistosité caractérisée par un débit relativement espacé et irrégulier, portant souvent l'empreinte de dissolution.

CONT

[...] la schistosité de fracture [...] n'est parfois qu'une simple tendance au débitage en feuillets parallèles.

OBS

clivage de fracture; schistosité de fracturation : termes en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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