Glossary entry

Polish term or phrase:

spękania i zlustrowania

English translation:

cracking and smoothing (of rock), or polishing

Added to glossary by Miriam300
Mar 8, 2009 20:02
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Polish term

spękania i zlustrowania

Polish to English Tech/Engineering Geology
Przeszłość geologiczna iłów plioceńskich, a przede wszystkim wielokrotne obciążanie i odciążanie przez lądolód, przyczyniła się do powstania tekstury brekcjowatej, która charakteryzuje się występowaniem dobrze rozwiniętego systemu spękań i zlustrowań.
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Mar 14, 2009 10:48: Miriam300 Created KOG entry

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cracking and smoothing (of rock), or polishing

cracking, and smoothing (of rock), or polishing of rock, leading to glacial polish.

..'When the glacier moves through irregular terrain, cracks up to 50 meters deep form in the fracture zone. '

.....'Transport of fine-grained material within a glacier can smooth or polish the surface of rocks, leading to glacial polish..'

Rocks and sediments are added to glaciers through various processes. Glaciers erode the terrain principally through two methods: abrasion and plucking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier

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