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  2. Foliation - Wikipedia

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    2-dimensional section of Reeb foliation 3-dimensional model of Reeb foliation. In mathematics (differential geometry), a foliation is an equivalence relation on an n-manifold, the equivalence classes being connected, injectively immersed submanifolds, all of the same dimension p, modeled on the decomposition of the real coordinate space R n into the cosets x + R p of the standardly embedded ...

  3. Structural geology - Wikipedia

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    Structural geology is the study of the three-dimensional distribution of rock units with respect to their deformational histories. The primary goal of structural geology is to use measurements of present-day rock geometries to uncover information about the history of deformation ( strain ) in the rocks, and ultimately, to understand the stress ...

  4. 3D fold evolution - Wikipedia

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    In geology, 3D fold evolution is the study of the full three dimensional structure of a fold as it changes in time. A fold is a common three-dimensional geological structure that is associated with strain deformation under stress. Fold evolution in three dimensions can be broadly

  5. Foliation (geology) - Wikipedia

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    When describing a foliation it is useful to note the mineralogy of the folia; this can provide information on the conditions of formation; the mineralogy in intrafolial areas; foliation spacing; any porphyroblasts or minerals associated with the foliation and whether they overprint it or are cut by it; whether it is planar, undulose, vague or ...

  6. Cleavage (geology) - Wikipedia

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    If the heat is too intense, foliation will be weakened due to the nucleation and growth of new randomly oriented crystals and the rock will become a hornfels. [1] If minimal heat is applied to a rock with a preexisting foliation and without a change in mineral assemblage, the cleavage will be strengthened by growth of micas parallel to foliation.

  7. Reeb foliation - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the Reeb foliation is a particular foliation of the 3-sphere, introduced by the French mathematician Georges Reeb (1920–1993). It is based on dividing the sphere into two solid tori , along a 2- torus : see Clifford torus .

  8. Frobenius theorem (differential topology) - Wikipedia

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    A p-dimensional, class C r foliation of an n-dimensional manifold M is a decomposition of M into a union of disjoint connected submanifolds {L α} α∈A, called the leaves of the foliation, with the following property: Every point in M has a neighborhood U and a system of local, class C r coordinates x=(x 1, ⋅⋅⋅, x n) : U→R n such that ...

  9. ADM formalism - Wikipedia

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    which is a product of the square root of the determinant of the four-dimensional metric tensor for the full spacetime and its Ricci scalar. This is the Lagrangian from the Einstein–Hilbert action. The desired outcome of the derivation is to define an embedding of three-dimensional spatial slices in the four-dimensional spacetime.