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S-C fabrics and sheared clasts are the commonest ductile shear sense indicators in meso-scale. Sigmoid-shaped or sigma structures of clasts are most common. On the other hand, delta structures are rather rare. Secondary ductile shears indicate a pure shear component, besides simple shear, within the shear zone.
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Mukherjee, S. (2014). Ductile Shear. In: Atlas of Shear Zone Structures in Meso-scale. Springer Geology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00089-3_1
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