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joint

geological term for a type of fracture in rock
Class type of: fracture Q862746

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
geological term
Subclass of
fracture[2]
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[3]
Different from
CIOS[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en joint ar الشقوق ar فاصل cs Diaklasa de Kluftflächen de Klüftung de Kluftschar de Kluft de Klüfte de Kluftfläche es diaclasa fa درزه (زمین‌شناسی) fr diaclase it Diaclasi ja 放射状節理 ja 方状節理 ja 板状節理 ja 柱状節理 ja 節理 ko 절리
🔖 Identifiers · 8
GND ID
4164256-9
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/joint-geology
Environment Ontology ID
01000672
Equivalent class
w3id.org
Freebase ID
/m/0b5h64
Great Encyclopedia of Navarre ID
8120
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
204453432
Museum-digital tag ID
28748

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 2
columnar jointing, exfoliation joint
Belongs to 1
columnar basalt
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Subclass of 1
fracture
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Summary

joint is a geological term[1].

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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Environment Ontology ID → 01000672
    "Created claim: Environment Ontology ID: 01000672, Matched to geological joint (#143355277) in Environment On…"
  2. 10w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → fracture
    Equivalent class → https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicstructure/Joint
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Different from → CIOS
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Equivalent class: https://w3id.org/gso/1.0/geologicstructure/Joint"
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