shear definition

shear means a fracture in rock similar to a fault.
shear means a zone of deformation caused by sliding of one layer of rock across another, with deformation and fracturing in the direction parallel to the movement;
shear. Means a deformation resulting from stresses that cause or tend to cause contiguous parts of a body to slide relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact. It is the mode of failure of a body or mass whereby the portion of the mass on one side of a plane or surface slides past the portion on the opposite side. In geological literature the term refers almost invariably to strain rather than to stress. It is also used to refer to surfaces and zones of failure by shear, and to surfaces along which differential movement has taken place.

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