What is the difference between shear bands (extensional crenulation cleavage) and ordinary crenulation cleavage?

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: Shear bands are sets of parallel small-scale shear zones while ordinary crenulation cleavage forms by shortening and pressure solution perpendicular to the cleavage.

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