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Table T4. Structural geology checklist for core descriptions.

Identifier/Term Description/Explanation
Veins 
Average width  
Morphology   Planar
Curved/Sigmoid
Irregular
Color of filling minerals      White
Black
Grayish black
Yellow
Green
Others
Fabric of filling minerals       Massive
Cross-fiber
Slip fiber
Polycrystalline
Vermicular
Vuggy
Magmatic flow
Array       En echelon/Reidel
Parallel
Conjugate
Anastomosing
Network
Splayed/Y-shaped
Stepped
Abundance Vein numbers in interval
Orientation  
Crosscutting relationship  
Faults 
Offset/displacement  
Morphology   Planar
Curved
Irregular
Types     Dextral
Sinistral
Normal
Reverse
Microfault
Array       En echelon/Reidel
Parallel
Conjugate
Anastomosing
Network
Splayed/Y-shaped
Stepped
Orientation  
Crosscutting relationship  
Gouge type  Breccia
Cataclasite
Joints  
Density Joint numbers in interval
Morphology   Planar
Curved
Irregular
Types    Dextral
Sinistral
Tensional
Reverse
Array       En echelon/Reidel
Parallel
Conjugate
Anastomosing
Network
Splayed/Y-shaped
Stepped
Orientation  
Crosscutting relationship  
Breccia/Cataclastite  
Clast shape    Angular
Subangular
Subrounded
Rounded
Clast size Min-max average size
Clast percent Volume%
Clast type  
Matrix composition  
Matrix percent Volume%
Origin   Fault-related
Hydraulic
Shear zones  
Offset/displacement  
Morphology   Planar
Curved
Irregular
Shear sense  Dextral
Sinistral
Mylonite type  
Clast type   δ -type
θ-type
φ-type
Clast mineral  
Clast percent Volume%
Lineation type  
Lineation mineral  
Matrix composition  
Matrix percent Volume%
Width of shear zone  
Orientation of mylonitic foliation  
Crosscutting relationship  

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