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[[File:SpFactor3.jpeg|600px|thumbnail|center|Conceptual illustration of strain factorization. This highlights how the order of superposition of pure and simple shear components produce differing geometries, as matrix multiplication is non-communicative. Adaptation and modifications from Ramsay and Huber, 1983;<ref name=RamsayHuber1 /> Ramsay and Huber, 1987<ref name=RamsayHuber2 />]]

[[File:SpFactor3.jpeg|600px|thumbnail|center|Conceptual illustration of strain factorization. This highlights how the order of superposition of pure and simple shear components produce differing geometries, as matrix multiplication is non-communicative. Adaptation and modifications from Ramsay and Huber, 1983;<ref name=RamsayHuber1 /> Ramsay and Huber, 1987<ref name=RamsayHuber2 />]]

==Influence of rock material rheology==

==Influence of rock material rheology==

At the grain and crystal scale, strain partitioning may occur between minerals (or clasts and matrix) governed by their [[rheological]] contrasts.<ref name=Carreras /><ref name=AGI>{{cite book|last1=Neuendorf|first1=Kaus|last2=Mehl|first2=James|last3=Jackson|first3=Julia|title=Glossary of Geology|date=2005|publisher=American Geological Institute|location=Alexandria, VA, United States|edition=5}}</ref><ref name=GoodwinTikoff>{{cite journal|last1=Goodwin|first1=Laurel|last2=Tikoff|first2=Basil|title=Competency contrast, kinematics, and the development of foliations and lineations in the crust|journal=Journal of Structural Geology|date=2002|volume=24|issue=6-7|pages=1065–1085}}</ref><ref name=Japan>{{cite journal|last1=Michibayashi|first1=Katsuyoshi|last2=Murakami|first2=Masami|title=Development of a shear band cleavage as a result of strain partitioning|journal=Journal of Structural Geology|date=2007|volume=29|issue=6|pages=1070–1082|doi=10.1016/j.jsg.2007.02.003}}</ref> Constituent minerals of differing rheological properties in a rock will accumulate strain differently, thus inducing mechanically preferable structures and fabrics.<ref name=GoodwinTikoff /><ref name=Japan />

At the grain and crystal scale, strain partitioning may occur between minerals (or clasts and matrix) governed by their [[rheological]] contrasts.<ref name=Carreras /><ref name=AGI>Neuendorf, Kaus; Mehl, James; Jackson, Julia (2005). Glossary of Geology (5 ed.). Alexandria, VA, United States: American Geological Institute.</ref><ref name=GoodwinTikoff>{{cite journal|last1=Goodwin|first1=Laurel|last2=Tikoff|first2=Basil|title=Competency contrast, kinematics, and the development of foliations and lineations in the crust|journal=Journal of Structural Geology|date=2002|volume=24|issue=6-7|pages=1065–1085}}</ref><ref name=Japan>{{cite journal|last1=Michibayashi|first1=Katsuyoshi|last2=Murakami|first2=Masami|title=Development of a shear band cleavage as a result of strain partitioning|journal=Journal of Structural Geology|date=2007|volume=29|issue=6|pages=1070–1082|doi=10.1016/j.jsg.2007.02.003}}</ref> Constituent minerals of differing rheological properties in a rock will accumulate strain differently, thus inducing mechanically preferable structures and fabrics.<ref name=GoodwinTikoff /><ref name=Japan />

=== Example ===

=== Example ===