cataclastic

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cat·a·clas·tic

 (kăt′ə-klăs′tĭk)
adj.
Of or relating to rocks consisting of cemented fragments that originate from the mechanical breakdown of rocks associated with plate tectonic processes.

[From Norwegian kataklas- (in kataklasstruktur, structure formed by crushing : Greek kata-, cata- + Greek klastos, broken; see clast + Norwegian struktur, structure) + -ic.]
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Mineralization is localized by small scale folding along a severely disrupted cataclastic (faulted) zone.
and Jia, Y.: 2016, Time-dependent behavior of cataclastic rocks in a multi-loading triaxial creep test.
Formation of the Tuscan Nappe unit: LIM: "Calcare Secifero di Limano" formation; RSA: "Rosso Ammonitico" formation; MAS: "Calcare Massiccio" formation; RET: "Raethavicola Contorta" formation, Late Triassic dolomitic-limestones; ctc: cataclastic formation made by a polygenic breccias of mainly metamorphic limestone clasts.
The shear zones that generally cut across the strata are typical cataclastic strike slip in character showing distinct asymmetric kinematic indicators of redial assemblages (Marwar, 1989).
This oblong, relatively small, 'I-type' pluton, which yielded a preliminary U-Pb emplacement age on zircon of 420 [+ or -] 5 Ma (Fyffe and Bevier 1992), contains a penetrative, northeast-trending, cataclastic fabric defined by aligned augen of plagioclase and potassium feldspar set in a granulated quartz matrix.
Kuchenhoff, "Characterization of cataclastic shear-zones of the KTB deep drill hole by regression analysis of drill cuttings data," Geophysical Journal International, vol.
The coal structure is divided into three types, Type I coal is primary texture coal, Type II coal is cataclastic texture coal, and Type III coal is tectonic coal.
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