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cataclastic

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cataclastic  (kt-klstk)
Relating to rocks consisting of cemented fragments that originate from the mechanical breakdown of rock associated with plate tectonic processes. Cataclastic rocks form in regions that have undergone intense metamorphism and are associated with other metamorphic features such as folds and faults. They typically contain bent, broken, and granular minerals.
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A series of NE-SW-striking shear and cataclastic fault zones are located in a belt between the largest Wiborg and Riga plutons.
Outlines of the Precambrian basement of Estonia/Eesti eelkambriumi ... by Soesoo, Alvar; Puura, Vaino; Kirs, Juho; Petersell, Valter; Niin, Mati; All, Tarmo / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
The Bear Showing at the west end of Sharpe Lake, formerly mapped as an older meta-conglomerate and tonalite assemblage, has been recognized and redefined as a younger felsic intrusive bounded on both sides by cataclastic bifurcations of the SWFZ.
Geophysical Program Underway at Gossan's Sharpe Lake Property by Business Wire
The tectonic contact zones of the PPZ have not undergone cataclastic deformation and are therefore supposed to be of late orogenic origin.
Orogenic structures of the Precambrian basement of Estonia as ... by All, Tarmo; Puura, Vaino; Vaher, Rein / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
 
 
 
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