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What is a brecciation?

What is a brecciation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geology) The formation of breccia such as by external shock
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The available evidence suggests the possibility of karst dissolution, collapse and brecciation, followed by lithification.
The thrust zone displays significant brecciation although no slip planes were located.
Locally, intense brecciation gave rise to angular vein quartz fragments enveloped by a matrix of massive hematitic rock.
Anomalous gold, silver, and arsenic values appear to be associated with areas of more intense multiple-stage silicification and brecciation.
Progressive intrusion and hydraulic fracturing gave rise to local brecciation of the banded rocks.
The mineralization appears to be located at the intersection of two regional structural trends where deformation has produced intense cataclasis and brecciation.

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