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Shear zone

In geology, a shear zone is a thin zone within the Earth's crust or upper mantle that has been strongly deformed, due to the walls of rock on either side of the zone slipping past each other. In the upper crust, where rock is brittle, the shear zone takes the form of a fracture called a fault. In the lower crust and mantle, the extreme conditions of…

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Occurrence and examples of shear zones

Metamorphic faciesGeotectonicTransform faultsSubduction zonesMetamorphic core complex
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General introduction

Strain rateFinite strainFaultsFractureStresses
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Sense of shear

DextralSinistralMicrotectonicSlickensidesSlickenfibers
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Rocks produced in shear zones

MineralPressureTerraneFault gougeFault breccia
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Rocks produced in shear zones

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Strain softening and ductility

Occurrence and examples of shear zones

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