- crust.
Cataclasites are
distinguished from
fault gouge,
which is incohesive, and
fault breccia,
which contains co****r fragments.
Cataclasites are composed...
- M.; McCallum, I. S. (1999). "Inferred
Depths of
Formation of
Spinel Cataclasites and
Troctolitic Granulite, 76535
Using New
Thermodynamic Data for Cr-Spinel"...
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breccias and
cataclasites (protocataclasite,
cataclasite, and ultracataclasite). gl****y pseudotachylites. Both
fault gouge and
cataclasites are due to abrasive...
- co****-grained
cataclasite containing >30%
visible fragments.
Fault gouge – an incohesive, clay-rich fine- to ultrafine-grained
cataclasite,
which may possess...
-
acoustic fluidization followed by
shear faulting with the
development of
cataclasites with
fault zones containing impact melts. The peak ring
drilling below...
-
ductile rock types.
Cataclasites or
pseudotachylite breccias with
mylonite clasts are common, as are
ductilely deformed cataclasites and pseudotachylites...
- with a well-developed
planar fabric that are
known as
foliated cataclasites.
Cataclasite grades into
fault breccia as the
percentage of
visible clasts...
-
calcite or quartz. At
depths greater than
about 5
kilometers (3.1 mi),
cataclasites appear;
these are
quite hard
rocks consist of
crushed rock fragments...
-
Outcrop showing hydrothermally altered cataclasite in green,
within the
Alpine Fault zone, Wai****upa River....
- keep
their internal cohesion. The
resulting type of rock is
called a
cataclasite.
Fault breccia has no cohesion; it is
normally an
unconsolidated rock...
