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Atomic force microscopy images have been performed in situ during defo
rmation of MC2 Nickel-based alloy phase gamma and LiF single crystals
at room temperature. The appearance of slip lines was continuously obs
erved. We propose methods to determine the statistic average step heig
ht and terrace width of this pattern. For the two crystals, hierarchic
al organization of slip lines is deduced.