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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=Earth_science">Earth science</a>, <b>ductility</b> refers to the capacity of a <a href="page.php?w=rock_%28geology%29">rock</a> to deform to large strains without macroscopic fracturing. Such behavior may occur in unlithified or poorly <a href="page.php?w=Diagenesis">lithified</a> <a href="page.php?w=sediment">sediment</a>s, in weak materials such as <a href="page.php?w=halite">halite</a> or at greater depths in all rock types where higher temperatures promote <a href="page.php?w=dislocation_creep">crystal plasticity</a> and</p><p>
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