Fracture

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-011639",
  "term": "Fracture",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A break in a rock formation due to structural stresses; e.g. faults, shears, joints, and planes of fracture cleavage.\n\n2. A general term for any break in a rock, whether or not it causes displacement, due to mechanical failure by stress. Fractures include cracks, joints, and faults.\n\n3. A crack or split formed in a rock or bedrock as a result of local erosion or rock stress; they are not due to tectonic actions (which form larger faults and fracture zones).",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment; Federal Remediation Technologies Roundtable Glossary",
    "EPA Yucca Mountain Standards Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/radiation/docs/yucca/bid/yucca_bid_060501_es.pdf",
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/fracture/"
}