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Record 1 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Of or pertaining to a texture found in metamorphic rocks in which brittle minerals have been broken and flattened in a direction perpendicular to the pressure stress.

PHR

Cataclastic rock, cataclastic texture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Se dit d'une structure d'écrasement en relation avec la cataclase, et caractérisée par l'émiettement des minéraux, leur étirement et leur orientation préférentielle, donnant à la roche un aspect folié et rubané.

PHR

Roche cataclastique, texture cataclastique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
DEF

Dícese de la textura de aquellas rocas metamórficas cuyos cristales, tras haber sido triturados por movimientos tectónicos, han sido cementados ulteriormente por un cuarzo nuevamente formado.

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