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  • A geological or geophysical discontinuity is a metrologically detectable separation area within rock bodies close to the surface or in deeper regions of the earth's crust and mantle . The name means an interruption within the regular structure ( continuum ) of a rock or other solid and was coined by geophysicists. In deeper layers of the earth, discontinuities can also occur in plastic fluids . (Adapted from: https://second.wiki/wiki/diskontinuitc3a4t_geologie)

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