Q. The type of joint occurring in igneous rocks during cooling is ___________

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Q. Which joints are located in axial regions in the folded rocks?

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Q. The joints that are caused due to compressive forces are called as ___________

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Q. Compression joints usually occur in which part of fault?

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Q. Joints are not common and are very easy structures to study in rocks.

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Q. Tensile stresses in igneous rocks are developed during ___________

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Q. The type of regular joint not belonging to igneous rocks is?

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Q. Which jointing gives layered sedimentary structure appearance?

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Q. Sheet joints are caused not due to ___________

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Q. The geometrical distribution where rock mass is divided into cubes is ___________

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Q. Types of joint found in volcanic igneous rocks are?

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Q. Columnar joints are also called ___________

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Q. How are the main joints aligned to the cooling surface?

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Q. How and what are the polygonal cracks related to?

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Q. The contraction is equally developed in all directions in which kind of mass?

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Q. At what angle do the fractures appear to the lines of tensile stresses?

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Q. In sedimentary rocks, joints are genetically related to those forces that have caused the major structural deformation.

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Q. Joints in metamorphic rocks are due to ___________

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Q. In mural jointing, one set is horizontal and two sets are vertical.

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Q. The nature of sedimentary rock that can undergo some irregular jointing is ___________

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