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• Slickenside - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  A slickenside, in pedology, is a term describing the surfaces of the cracks produced in soils containing a high proportion of swelling clays. Slickensides are a type of cutan.

• Slickenside

  A slickensided fault surface in San Francisco is polished almost mirror-smooth. ... Slickenside. Photo (c) 2006 Andrew Alden, licensed to About.com (fair use policy)

• slickenside - Definitions from Dictionary.com

  noun Geology. a rock surface that has become more or less polished and striated by slippage along a fault plane.