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Cleavages and Linear Structures in Ordovician Sandstones, Victoria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

F. C. Beavis
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3052, Australia

Summary

Two cleavages occur in the sandstones: coarse fissuring, and a fine irregular fracturing, which may form conjugate sets. Linear structures of five styles, all of which are parallel to the fold axis, are developed on the bedding due to the intersection of this element by the cleavages.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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