slickenside
[ slik-uhn-sahyd ]
/ ˈslɪk ənˌsaɪd /
noun Geology.
a rock surface that has become more or less polished and striated by slippage along a fault plane.
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Words nearby slickenside
slice of the pie, slicer, slick, slick as a whistle, slicken, slickenside, slicker, slickrock, slickster, slide, slide-action
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British Dictionary definitions for slickenside
slickenside
/ (ˈslɪkənˌsaɪd) /
noun
a rock surface with a polished appearance and fine parallel scratches caused by abrasion during fault displacement
Word Origin for slickenside
C18: from dialect slicken, variant of slick + side
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Scientific definitions for slickenside
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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