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transpression: a standalone construct

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Structural geology

strike-slip deformation combined with shortening across the shear zone, modelled as simple shear plus coaxial flattening.

In structural geology, transpression refers to strike-slip deformation combined with shortening across the shear zone, modelled as simple shear plus coaxial flattening. This meaning comes from Sanderson (1984) in Journal of Structural Geology.[1]

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References

Sanderson, D. J., & Marchini, W. R. D. (1984). Transpression. Journal of Structural Geology, 6(5), 449-458. https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-8141(84)90058-0

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