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subsidiary fracture
Minor breaks sometimes developed in the rocks along a fault plane. They often indicate the general direction of movement and were caused by differential tension in the rocks contiguous to the main fault plane. See: tension fracture
- Kalbos dalis: noun
- Pramonės šaka / sritis: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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