Mirror Skin

Japanese: 鏡肌 - かがみはだ
Mirror Skin

A mirror-like smooth and shiny fault surface formed when rocks on both sides of a fault rub against each other and are polished by repeated fault movement. It can be observed on the surface of fault breccia and inside fault gouge. Mirror surfaces often have scratches called striations that are parallel to the direction of fault movement.

[Akihiro Murata]

[Reference] | Fault

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

断層運動の繰り返しにより、断層の両側の岩石が互いにこすれ合って磨かれることで生じた、鏡のように滑らかで光沢をもった断層面のこと。断層角礫(かくれき)の表面や、断層ガウジの内部に観察される。鏡肌上には、条線とよばれる、断層運動の方向に平行な擦り傷が認められることが多い。

[村田明広]

[参照項目] | 断層

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