Definition of Brecciating

1. brecciate [v] - See also: brecciate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brecciating

breathlessness
breathlike
breathly
breaths
breathtaking
breathtakingly
breathwork
breathy
brecanavir
breccia
breccial
breccias
brecciate
brecciated
brecciates
brecciating (current term)
brecciation
brecciations
brecham
brechams
brechan
brechans
bred
bred in the bone
bredda
brede
breded
bredes
bredie
bredigite

Literary usage of Brecciating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1894)
"... the mineral-depositing solutions entered, and more completely shattering and brecciating the beds, thus affording free circulation for the solutions. ..."

2. Prehistoric Man and His Story: A Sketch of the History of Mankind from the by George Francis Scott Elliot (1915)
"... stodgy at base, passed from the highlands down to the lowlands, ploughing up the surface material, brecciating the hard chalk as it passed . . . mixing ..."

3. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India by Geological Survey of India (1876)
"Another small limestone area which has been but slightly affected by the brecciating: agency lies about three miles Northern patch. to the north of the ..."

4. Prospecting for Gold and Silver in North America by Arthur Lakes (1896)
"This breaking up of the dyke and fracturing and brecciating of the country rock, accompanied by the movement of the dyke upon itself and the formation of ..."

5. Geology of the Non-metallic Mineral Deposits Other Than Silicates by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"... of volume would occur, and this, in any extensive series of deposits, would have decided brecciating influence on the enclosing rocks. ..."

6. The Iron-bearing Rocks of the Mesabi Range in Minnesota by Josiah Edward Spurr (1894)
"It is to this action, therefore, that may chiefly be ascribed the various brecciating and shearing movements in the rigid rocks. ..."

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