What makes a typical shear zone different from a typical fault?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: A shear zone is wider relative to the offset, it has maintained cohesion, markers are still (mostly) continuous for most shear zones (ductile shear zones), they do not show a core–damage zone anatomy, and most shear zones involve plastic deformation mechanisms.
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What will be an ideal response?