DEFINITION
MECHANICAL PRINCIPLE: deals
with the physical properties of
rocks and the significance of these
properties in rock deformation.
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DEFINITION
FOLDS: are wavy undulations, bend,
flexure or wrinkle in rocks.
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DEFINITION
FAULTS: are ruptures along which the
opposite walls have moved past each
other.
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DEFINITION
JOINTS: a break in a rock mass
where there has been no relative
movement of rock on opposite
sides of the break.
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DEFINITION
UNCONFORMITY: an unconformity
is a surface of erosion or non-
deposition – that separates
younger strata from older.
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Unconformity
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DEFINITION
CLEAVAGE: is the property of rocks
whereby they break along parallel
surfaces of secondary origin.
SCHISTOSITY: is a term applied to
the variety of rock cleavage found
in rocks that are sufficiently
recrystallized to be called schist or
gneiss.
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DEFINITION
CLEAVAGE:
is the property of
rocks whereby
they break along
parallel surfaces of
secondary origin.
SCHISTOSITY: is a
term applied to the
variety of rock
cleavage found in
rocks that are
sufficiently
recrystallized to be
called schist or
gneiss.
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DEFINITION
LINEATION:
Lineation is
expressed by the
parallelism of
some directional
property in the
rock.
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