Meanings
- not comparableOf or pertaining to petrofabrics.
It is a basic tenet in petrofabric analysis that the symmetry of rock fabric reflects the symmetry of the deforming movement.
1968, Elbridge W. Gresseth, Rolland R. Reid, A Petrofabric Study of Tectonic and Mining-induced Deformations in a Deep Mine, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, page 62 more examples
Fabric elements such as twin lamellae, kink bands, translation and gliding in some crystals are some of the petrofabric features at micro-level.
1993 January 13, T.S. Nagaraj, Principles of Testing Soils, Rocks and Concrete, Elsevier, page 311These petrofabric groups were defined by the relative mineral abundance of aplastic inclusions evident in the thin sections, observed using 40×–400× magnification with a polarising microscope.
2014 January 16, Eveline van der Steen, Jeannette Boertien, Noor Mulder-Hymans, Exploring the Narrative: Jerusalem and Jordan in the Bronze and Iron Ages: Papers in Honour of Margreet Steiner, A&C Black, page 98
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