Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

slickolite

Turkish translation:

kayma yüzeyli stilolit

Added to glossary by Tuncay Kurt
Feb 19, 2006 16:13
18 yrs ago
English term

slickolite

English to Turkish Science Geology Fault Zones
Slickolites, the antithesis of crystal fiber slickenlines, form on fault surfaces where fault movement in combination with stylolitic pressure solution results in removal of material through dissolution creep.
Proposed translations (Turkish)
2 kayma yüzeyli stilolit

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kayma yüzeyli stilolit

The term slickolite is a combination of the term “slickenside”, which forms on many fault surfaces and records the parallel component of oblique movement, and the term “stylolite”.

slickenside : kayma yüzeyli

stylolite : stilolit
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