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BRECHE COULEE LAVE [1 record]

Record 1 2003-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Petrography
DEF

A breccia that is formed contemporaneously with the movement of a lava flow; the cooling crust becomes fragmented while the flow is still in motion.

OBS

It is a type of autobreccia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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