单词 | cataclastic |
释义 | cataclastic[ kăt′ə-klăs′tĭk ] Relating to rocks consisting of cemented fragments that originate from the mechanical breakdown of rock associated with plate tectonic processes. Cataclastic rocks form in regions that have undergone intense metamorphism and are associated with other metamorphic features such as folds and faults. They typically contain bent, broken, and granular minerals. Words nearby cataclasticcatabolize, catacaustic, catachresis, catachronobiology, cataclasis, cataclastic, cataclinal, cataclysm, cataclysmic, catacomb, catacrotism The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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