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A Miniature “Dyke” Echelon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

William N. Gilliland
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.

Abstract

A specimen of shale containing an echelon of quartz-filled vertical tension fractures which merge “at depth” with a single filled fissure dipping 65 degrees confirms, in general, E. M. Anderson's interpretation of dyke echelons. Also illustrated are a change in manner of stress relief and an upward diminution of strain.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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