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MONOMICT BRECCIA [2 records]

Record 1 2010-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
  • Petrography
DEF

A breccia formed by fracturing and mixing of material from a single source without admixture of unrelated material.

OBS

As opposed to "polymict breccia."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
  • Pétrographie
OBS

En ce qui concerne l'origine des météorites pierreuses, il est aussi très important de savoir qu'un grand nombre d'entre elles sont bréchiques. Les unes doivent cette structure à un broyage post-formationnel et sont alors composées d'un seul matériau : ce sont les monomictes.

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geology
DEF

Breccia in which all the fragments have essentially the same composition ...

CONT

Breccias by impregnation and disruption ... appear as monogenic breccias formed by angular fragments of similar composition bound by a homogeneous nonclastic cement ...

Key term(s)
  • monogenetic breccia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie

Spanish

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