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METEORITE BRECHIQUE MONOMICTE [1 record]

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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