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void
void A hole in a rock. If they are interconnected, voids form paths along which water and other fluids may flow. In increasing order of size, the major types of voids are: intercrystalline boundaries; intergranular pores or spaces between the grains of a sediment; microfractures or local cracks, usually extending for only a few tens of centimetres and from a few micrometres to 0.1 mm wide; fractures including joints, small faults, and bedding planes, which are often extensive and may have openings up to a few millimetres wide; fissures formed by solution, weathering, or local gravitational or tectonic displacement, and up to about 10 cm wide; and solution channels, which range up to several metres wide and many hundreds of metres long.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "void." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "void." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-void.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "void." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-void.html |
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JOHN BOWKER. "Void." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Void." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Void.html JOHN BOWKER. "Void." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Void.html |
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