Bilingual glossary of geology

Elastic Deformation Déformation élastique

A change in shape and/or size that is self-reversing after the stress is removed, so that the object returns to its original shape.

Themes:
  Structural geology

Related words:
  Stress
  Strain (Deformation)
  Brittle Deformation
  Plastic (Ductile) Deformation

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