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Cleavage

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Elements of Structural Geology

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Rocks that possess cleavage may be split into thin sheets along parallel or sub-parallel cleavage planes that are of secondary origin and are formed by the combined effects of metamorphism and deformation.1 In anyone bed, cleavage is independent of the bedding, which it may intersect at any angle, but because it is influenced by the physical properties of rocks it may change its attitude in passing from one bed to another (Fig. X-I).

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Hills, E.S. (1972). Cleavage. In: Elements of Structural Geology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5843-2_10

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