| 单词 | shear plane |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshear plane shear plane n. Geology a boundary surface between bodies of rock or ice which have experienced relative motion parallel to the surface. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [noun] > fault > plane thrust-plane1884 shear plane1888 fault-plane1889 shearing plane1889 sole1889 bed-plane1895 bedding-plane1897 bedding fault1909 1888 J. J. H. Teall Brit. Petrogr. 447 Shearing, differential movement in a rock-mass. When the movement is concentrated along a plane, this plane is said to be a shear-plane. 1903 E. W. Claypole in Amer. Geol. Aug. 81 Some [strata] are completely concealed by others that have been forced over them along shear-planes developed by the enormous pressures to which they have been subjected. 1969 G. M. Bennison & A. E. Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles xvi. 356 Recent work on the mechanism of ice flow shows that shear planes occur and that these carry material from the sole of the ice sheet to the surface. < as lemmas |
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