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Definition of Slickensides
1. n. The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.
Definition of Slickensides
1. Noun. (plural of slickenside) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slickensides
1. slickenside [n] - See also: slickenside
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slickensides
Literary usage of Slickensides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"slickensides and Other Features on Fault Surfaces.— slickensides are ...
slickensides on outcrop surfaces may look like glacial striae. For the most part, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Liverpool Geological Society by Liverpool Geological Society (1892)
"The slickensides found in the New Bed Sandstone are mostly distinguished by ...
The vertical slickensides are on planes at various angles to the bedding ..."
3. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by David Brewster (1829)
"By WHITE WATSON, FLS —slickensides is a singular formation occurring in some
perpendicular mineral veins, consisting of two imperceptible specular surfaces, ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1860)
"... the alter" natives are prompt systematic investigation, or the abandoning of
our caverns to be ransacked by fossil dealers." On slickensides. ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1861)
"On slickensides. By J. PRICE. On the Chronological and Geographical Distribution
of the Devonian Fossils of Devon and Cornwall. ..."
6. Some Geological Rambles Near Vassar College by George Burbank Shattuck (1907)
"The slickensides described here occur in the " crevice " on the southern point of
... These slickensides are the parallel grooves or scratches which extend ..."
7. A Study of Ore Deposits for the Practical Miner: With Descriptions of Ore by James Philip Wallace (1908)
"slickensides do not, as a rule, have perfectly plain surfaces; frequently they
are more or less undulating or wave-like, and again, they are formed into a ..."
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