cataclastic


Also found in: Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Related to cataclastic: Cataclasis, cataclastic structure

cat·a·clas·tic

 (kăt′ə-klăs′tĭk)
adj.
Of or relating to rocks consisting of cemented fragments that originate from the mechanical breakdown of rocks associated with plate tectonic processes.
[From Norwegian kataklas- (in kataklasstruktur, structure formed by crushing : Greek kata-, cata- + Greek klastos, broken; see clast + Norwegian struktur, structure) + -ic.]
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
Mineralization is localized by small scale folding along a severely disrupted cataclastic (faulted) zone.
Pacton Gold Acquires More Ground in Red Lake, Ontario
and Jia, Y.: 2016, Time-dependent behavior of cataclastic rocks in a multi-loading triaxial creep test.
CREEP BEHAVIOR AND ACOUSTIC EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF COAL SAMPLES WITH DIFFERENT MOISTURE CONTENT
Formation of the Tuscan Nappe unit: LIM: "Calcare Secifero di Limano" formation; RSA: "Rosso Ammonitico" formation; MAS: "Calcare Massiccio" formation; RET: "Raethavicola Contorta" formation, Late Triassic dolomitic-limestones; ctc: cataclastic formation made by a polygenic breccias of mainly metamorphic limestone clasts.
High-Precision In Situ [sup.87]Sr/[sup.86]Sr Analyses through Microsampling on Solid Samples: Applications to Earth and Life Sciences
The shear zones that generally cut across the strata are typical cataclastic strike slip in character showing distinct asymmetric kinematic indicators of redial assemblages (Marwar, 1989).
Joints/Fractures analyses of Shinawah area, District Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
This oblong, relatively small, 'I-type' pluton, which yielded a preliminary U-Pb emplacement age on zircon of 420 [+ or -] 5 Ma (Fyffe and Bevier 1992), contains a penetrative, northeast-trending, cataclastic fabric defined by aligned augen of plagioclase and potassium feldspar set in a granulated quartz matrix.
Geological relationships and laser ablation ICP-MS U-Pb geochronology of the Saint George Batholith, southwestern New Brunswick, Canada: implications for its tectonomagmatic evolution
Kuchenhoff, "Characterization of cataclastic shear-zones of the KTB deep drill hole by regression analysis of drill cuttings data," Geophysical Journal International, vol.
Impact of In Situ Stress Distribution Characteristics on Jointed Surrounding Rock Mass Stability of an Underground Cavern near a Hillslope Surface
The coal structure is divided into three types, Type I coal is primary texture coal, Type II coal is cataclastic texture coal, and Type III coal is tectonic coal.
Influence of pressure, coal structure and permeability on CBM well productivity at various burial depths in South Yanchuan block, China

Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?