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FABRIC, DOMAINAL

Ccleavage domains (> 1 mm to perhaps10 of cm apart) with intervening uncleaved areas called microlithons. Various adjectives describe styles of surfaces including:

sutured (stylolytic), wavy, serrated, anastomozing, and planar. The photograph of domainal cleavage which accompanies this description is from the online notes by Jessel et al. of Monash University, Australia.