A crack or cleft in a rock surface. This fissure can occur in joints between rock formations or in faults between tectonic plates.
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"Sandstone fissures" by Damon Taylor is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA.
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Merriam-Webster.com
N.d. Fissure. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fissure, accessed December 5,
2014.
Park, R. G.
1983 Foundations of Structural Geology. Glasgow, Blackie.