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Exfoliation joints wrapping around Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, California.Exfoliation joints in granite at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Texas, US. Detached blocks have slid along the steeply-dipping joint plane.
Exfoliation joints or sheet joints are surface-parallel fracture systems in rock, often leading to the erosion of concentric slabs.
Exfoliationjoints or sheet joints are surface-parallel fracture systems in rock, often leading to the erosion of concentric slabs. Commonly follow topography...
decreases; as a result the rock fractures. These fractures are known as exfoliationjoints, or sheet fractures, and form in onionlike patterns that are parallel...
makes desquamation of the lens impossible. Desquamative gingivitis Exfoliationjoint Moist desquamation Pityriasis—flaking of the skin Spalling Sunburn...
described by strike and dip, including sedimentary bedding, fractures, faults, joints, cuestas, igneous dikes and sills, metamorphic foliation and fabric, etc...
quarries, and for the formation of joints in rock outcrops. Retreat of an overlying glacier can also lead to exfoliation due to pressure release. This can...
chamber. Physical weathering occurs on a large scale in the form of exfoliationjoints, which are the result of granite's expanding and fracturing as pressure...
Exfoliating granite is a granite undergoing exfoliation, or onion skin weathering (desquamation). The external delaminated layers of granite are gradually...
resulting in exfoliation (responsible for the rounded shape of the many domes in the park) and mass wasting following the numerous fracture joint planes (cracks;...
superficially along exfoliationjoints. The south wall of the valley has been subject to extensive glacial planing, with all jointed granite completely...
if not millions, of years these layers have been weathered out (exfoliationjoints), giving the bodies the appearance of rosebuds in bloom. The Steinerne...
Root resorption is a normal physiological process that occurs in the exfoliation of the primary dentition. However, pathological root resorption occurs...
upon the spacing of the joint systems, groundwater flow, local topography, bedrock composition, and bed thickness. Exfoliation (geology), a related form...
exposed, the inselbergs are destroyed by marginal collapse of joint blocks and exfoliation sheets. This process leaves behind tors perched at their summits...
bornhardts reflects already existing sheet jointing. Granite dome – Rounded hills of bare granite formed by exfoliation Inselberg – Isolated, steep rock hill...
superficial exfoliation. When a specialised cornified structure has a particular toughness, as in nails and hair, little or no exfoliation occurs, and...
manifestation of a mild haemophilia B would be gingival bleeding during exfoliation of primary dentition, or prolonged bleeding after an invasive procedure/tooth...
the microscopic examination of whole, individual cells obtained from exfoliation or fine-needle aspirates. Cytopathologists are trained to perform fine-needle...
erythroderma (erythrodermic psoriasis) involves widespread inflammation and exfoliation of the skin over most of the body surface, often involving greater than...
through solution processing. Micromechanical exfoliation, also pragmatically called "Scotch-tape exfoliation", involves using an adhesive material to repeatedly...
for this are laser tattoo removal, dermabrasion (physical or chemical exfoliation), and surgical removal. Different types of chemical removals have also...
waxing of hair, tattooing, tattoo removal, piercings, dermabrasion, exfoliation, etc., are not recommended. Treatment of acne scars is generally deferred...
malocclusion with an underdeveloped maxilla and posterior crossbite, delayed exfoliation of baby teeth and delayed eruption of adult teeth, shorter roots on teeth...
mineral powders, such as vermiculite dust (which is common scrap from the exfoliation process), one can produce high temperature adhesives. The intumescence[clarification...
chronic angular cheilitis, there may be suppuration (pus formation), exfoliation (scaling) and formation of granulation tissue. Sometimes contributing...
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