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Definition of Brecciation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brecciation
Literary usage of Brecciation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iron-bearing Rocks of the Mesabi Range in Minnesota by Josiah Edward Spurr (1894)
"Not only does this brecciation resemble on a larger scale, the granular breccia,
but there is no other possible cause than tension due to chemical action ..."
2. The Geology of the Isle of Man by George William Lamplugh, William Whitehead Watts (1903)
"W N. w ESE V "A Z—Z. Shear-cleavage planes, developed subsequently to the
brecciation, and obliquely to the linear arrangement of the grit-fragments which ..."
3. Bulletin by Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (1900)
"The marked brecciation of the traps commonly extends, not only for a few feet from
... The extreme fineness of this brecciation is a very marked feature. ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1904)
"A second and equally important result was brecciation, which was produced by ...
The brecciation is due to the tendency of the pieces, resulting from the ..."
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