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slickenside
[ slik-uhn-sahyd ]
noun
, Geology.
- a rock surface that has become more or less polished and striated by slippage along a fault plane.
slickenside
/ ˈslɪkənˌsaɪd /
noun
- a rock surface with a polished appearance and fine parallel scratches caused by abrasion during fault displacement
slickenside
/ slĭk′ən-sīd′ /
- A polished, striated rock surface formed by one rock mass sliding over another in a fault plane.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slickenside1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slickenside1
C18: from dialect slicken, variant of slick + side
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