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BRECHA CATACLASTICA [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

The coarse-grade rudaceous material developed during the formation of a crush belt.

OBS

The essential feature of a breccia is that its constituent fragments are all angular to sub-angular.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
CONT

Le terme brèche s'applique non seulement aux brèches sédimentaires constituées d'accumulations d'éléments anguleux, mais aussi aux roches broyées le long des accidents tectoniques (brèche de faille ou brèche cataclastique) et aux projections volcaniques grossières recimentées (brèches pyroclastiques).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
DEF

Material de grano grueso (psefítico) desarrollado durante la formación de una zona de fracturación.

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