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Earth and Space Sciences · Glossary

What is Palaeopiezometer?

Definition 7.10 University Earth and Space Sciences — Year 3 · Chapter 7 — Deformation Mechanisms and Shear Zones

A palaeopiezometer is a feature of a deformed rock whose size or density is set by the differential stress under which it formed, calibrated in the laboratory, from which the stress of a past deformation can be read.

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