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« Thread Started on May 23, 2009, 5:32pm »
I've seen this subject disscussed recently in some detail on another (more academic) message board, group forum, as I am sure other members of this CCM forum have as well. I wondered what thoughts and experience others might have on this subject, I have a reason for asking that I will put forward later.
Slickensiding is basically accepted as being the resultant polished surface created at the point of an interface of seperated strata where at least one surface has moved against the other. (I think)
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Re: Slickensiding
« Reply #1 on May 23, 2009, 6:07pm »
Was enthralled by the academics too! ;D

From the NCB's booklet on "Coal"

" The rocks close to the break or fault plane are generally crushed and broken, and the surfaces are often highly polished because one side has slipped under enormous pressure over the other. Such polished surfaces are called "slickensides"".
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