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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 thrust zone displays significant brecciation although no slip planes were located.
The preponderance of early cementation and brecciation towards the top of the Langport Member is compatible with reduced sedimentation rate.
The brecciation and width of mineralization appears to be increasing to the west and at depth.
Lamination, brecciation, and other sedimentary features of the dolomite are well preserved in this massive sheet of microcrystalline quartz.
The mineralization appears to be located at the intersection of two regional structural trends where deformation has produced intense cataclasis and brecciation.
The available evidence suggests the possibility of karst dissolution, collapse and brecciation, followed by lithification.

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