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Plication
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plication [plī′kā·shən]
(geology)
Intense, small-scale folding.

Plication 

small-scale folding usually observed in dense sedimentary and metamorphic rocks and occurring in thin layers as a result of tectonic deformations in highly plastic rocks.



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Shell subrectangular to elongate subelliptical, ornamented by growth lines or concentric rugellae; both valves with two or three broad, radial plications, ventral pseudointerarea short, with deep, narrow pedicle groove; ventral visceral area large, rhomboidal, extending to midvalve; dorsal visceral area bisected by long median ridge, with wide, semielliptical anterior projection extending anterior to mid-valve; central muscle scars large, situated close to anterior lateral muscle scars.
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