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In geology, a slickenside is a smoothly polished surface caused by frictional movement between rocks along a fault. This surface is typically striated with linear features, called slickenlines, in the direction of movement.
Other types of slickensides, Gallery & Mechanisms to create slickensides
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Slickenside | is a | smoothly polished surface caused by frictional movement between rocks along a fault | 0.90 | text |
| Slickenside | is a | surface of the cracks produced in soils containing a high proportion of swelling clays | 0.90 | text |
| Slickenside | related to External links | Slickensides | 0.60 | section |
| Slickenside | related to External links | Encyclopedia Americana | 0.60 | section |
| Slickenside | related to External links | First | 0.60 | section |
| Slickenside | related to External links | Earth's | 0.60 | section |
| Slickenside | related to External links | July | 0.60 | section |
| Slickenside | related to Fibre growth | The | 0.60 | section |
| Slickenside | related to Fibre growth | Due | 0.60 | section |
| Slickenside | related to Fibre growth | Slickenfibres | 0.60 | section |
| Slickenside | related to Fibre growth | Unlike | 0.60 | section |
| Slickenside | related to Gallery | An | 0.60 | section |
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