fault breccia

noun Geology.

angular rock fragments produced by fracture and grinding during faulting and distributed within or adjacent to the fault plane.

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Nearby words

faulkner, faulkner, william, faulknerian, fault, fault block, fault breccia, fault line, fault plane, fault scarp, fault tree, fault zone

Origin of fault breccia

First recorded in 1890–95

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