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lineation
Geology any linear arrangement involving rocks or minerals, such as a parallel arrangement of elongated mineral grains
lineation [‚lin·ē′ā·shən]
(geology)
Any linear structure on or within a rock; examples are ripple marks and flow lines.
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For this as for subsequent citations, the lineations are of the individual poems in the manuscript London, British Library Cotton Vespasian B.
The 'Opicius' poems (British Library, Cotton Vespasian B. iv) and the ... by Carlson, David R. / Renaissance Quarterly
Remarkably delicate abyssal hill lineations appear.
Down to the sea in a ship by Ryan, William B.F. / Oceanus
But a different type of estimate, based on magnetic lineations in the ocean, puts that speed at 51 millimeters per year.
New date resets geologic clocks by Monastersky, Richard / Science News
 
 
 
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