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Slickensides

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Slick´en`sides`
n.1.The smooth, striated, or partially polished surfaces of a fissure or seam, supposed to have been produced by the sliding of one surface on another.
2.A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.


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The slickensides along the ped faces show shiny polished surfaces caused by the rubbing that occurs during wetting and drying sequences.
think the most recent movement of the fault has had a predominantly vertical component because slickensides (parallel grooves and scratches on the inside face of the fault) at two spots in the shaley soils indicate mostly vertical slippage.
 
 
 
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