Definition of Cataclasites. Meaning of Cataclasites. Synonyms of Cataclasites

- crust. Cataclasites are distinguished from fault gouge, which is incohesive, and fault breccia, which contains co****r fragments. Cataclasites are composed...
- acoustic fluidization followed by shear faulting with the development of cataclasites with fault zones containing impact melts. The peak ring drilling below...
- co****-grained cataclasite containing >30% visible fragments. Fault gouge – an incohesive, clay-rich fine- to ultrafine-grained cataclasite, which may possess...
- breccias and cataclasites (protocataclasite, cataclasite, and ultracataclasite). gl****y pseudotachylites. Both fault gouge and cataclasites are due to abrasive...
- ductile rock types. Cataclasites or pseudotachylite breccias with mylonite clasts are common, as are ductilely deformed cataclasites and pseudotachylites...
- Outcrop showing hydrothermally altered cataclasite in green, within the Alpine Fault zone, Wai****upa River....
- Amphibolite – Metamorphic rock type Blueschist – Type of metavolcanic rock Cataclasite – Rock found at geological faults – A rock formed by faulting Eclogite –...
- 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...
- with a well-developed planar fabric that are known as foliated cataclasites. Cataclasite grades into fault breccia as the percentage of visible clasts...
- textures are apparent, and some protomylonites can resemble foliated cataclasite or even some schists. Phyllonites are phyllosilicate (e.g., chlorite...