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pure shear
A strain in which a rock body is elongated in one direction and shortened at right angles to this in such an amount that the volume remains unchanged.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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