shear zone
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shear zone
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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Over the past twenty years, this shelf has developed increasing fractures around a major shear zone located upstream of that pinning point.
From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025
The Northwest, like Japan, lies in a subduction zone in which one tectonic plate plunges under another--as opposed to a shear zone like that in California where plates rub past each other horizontally.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 11, 2011
Vertical shear zone in face of east bluff at Devil's lake.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.
Vertical shear zone face of east bluff at Devil's Lake 16 IX.
From The Geography of the Region about Devils Lake and the Dalles of the Wisconsin by Atwood, Wallace W.
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