lineation in a sentence
Examples
- In addition, lobate debris aprons can show surface lineations just as rock glaciers on the Earth.
- There are four major fracture zones in the basin and magnetic lineations have been detected in the basin.
- Stretched pebble conglomerate L-tectonite illustrating a stretch lineation within a shear zone, Glengarry Basin, Australia.
- Intersection lineations are linear structures formed by the intersection of any two surfaces in a three-dimensional space.
- Stretching lineations record primarily the vector of greatest stretch, which is perpendicular to the principle plane of shortening.
- Stretching lineations may be difficult to quantify, especially in highly stretched ductile rocks where minimal foliation information is preserved.
- Therefore, a plane parallel to the lineation and perpendicular to the foliation is viewed to determine the shear sense.
- The direction of glacial advance and recession set the alignment of the lakes and streams in a general northeast to southwest lineation.
- Gneissic texture may occur nearby, if not then mylonite zones, foliations and ductile behaviour, including stretching lineations may occur.
- This ridge, the Charity Shoal Crater, and the entire northeast end of Lake Ontario are all crosscut N53E-trending lineations.