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Definition of Brecciate
1. Verb. Form into breccia. "Brecciated rock"
2. Verb. Break into breccia. "Brecciate rock"
Definition of Brecciate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brecciate
Literary usage of Brecciate
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 (1908)
"The effect was to re-brecciate the old cemented shear-zones. The formation of
the metalliferous veins now commenced, the product being typical ..."
2. The Principles of Economic Geology by William Harvey Emmons (1918)
"... is au offshoot of granite that caused contact metamorphism. magma may brecciate
the garnet rock and any small dike-like apophyses of the magma which, ..."
3. Deucalion: Collected Studies of the Lapse of Waves, and Life of Stones by John Ruskin (1879)
"... respecting brecciate flint. " June 7, 1876. " I hasten to report the result
of my fresh inquiry respecting the specimen I first sent to you ..."
4. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1889)
"(Trinity) sands showed brecciate or layers in laminate structure, indicative of
littoral origin or were accompanied by littoral faunas. ..."
5. Fluid Flow Through Faults and Fractures in Argillaceous Formations by Nuclear Energy Agency (1998)
"... complex called in the area "Argille brecciate". Their age is somewhat younger
than typical Argille ..."
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