English Explanatory Dictionary

shear zone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thin zone within the Earth's crust or upper mantle that has been strongly deformed, due to the walls of rock on either side of the zone slipping past each other.

Word forms

shear zone shear zones
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