En echelon veins
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En echelon veins
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In structural geology, en échelon veins, "en échelon gash fractures" or "Tiger Stripes" are structures within rock caused by noncoaxial shear. En echelon veins can be parallel or subparallel, closely-spaced, overlapping or step-like minor structural features in rock. These step-like features can be faults, or tension fractures, that are oblique to the overall structural trend. They originate as tension fractures that are parallel to the major stress orientation, σ1, in a shear zone. They are sub
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Rock structures caused by shearing forces
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2024-04-22T08:14:54Z
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