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A change in the shape of an object caused by the application of a stress, and which may be described by reference to the transformation of a sphere into an oblate ellipsoid as a result of pure shear. Flattening is the strain state found in S-tectonites (i.e. tectonites marked by a single, penetrative foliation).
Subjects: Earth Sciences and Geography.
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