passive foliation

Foliation that is rotating passively towards the fabric attractor. Passive foliations are subparallel to the XT-plane of finite strain. Examples are most types of continuous foliations. See also active foliation

Related terms:

• active foliation
• Foliation
• internal foliation
• axial planar foliation
• igneous foliation
• disjunctive foliation
• passive inclusion
• axial-plane foliation
• external foliation
• primary foliation