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Meaning of shear zone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A thin zone within the Earth's crust or upper mantle that has been strongly deformed, due to the walls of rock on either side of the zone slipping past each other.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

shear-cake shear-pole shearability Shearan shearbill sheard

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