foliation
noun[CorU]
geologyspecializeduk/ˌfəʊ.liˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌfoʊ.liˈeɪ.ʃən/aprocessin whichrocksdivideintothinlayersthat can beseparated, or thelayersthemselves:
岩石叶理化Pressureconcentratedinopposingdirectionsoftencausesfoliation inrocks.集中在相反方向的压力通常会导致岩石的叶理化。
Thepresenceof foliation is acluetometamorphicrocks.叶理的存在是变质岩的证明。
See
foliated
- Theresultingfoliation iscoarserand moredistinctthan that ofslate.
- Rock foliations and lineations areindistinctorlacking.
- Commonly a lineationliesin theplaneof a foliation in the samerock.
- Regional metamorphismfrequentlycausesfoliation.
Geology - general words
- Anthropocene
- aquifer
- auriferous
- biozone
- Cambrian
- carboniferous
- cementation
- Cretaceous
- hoodoo
- interbed
- Jurassic
- karst
- Mesozoic
- plate tectonics
- pyroclastic
- Quaternary
- sedimentation
- selenologist
- tectonic
- the rock cycle