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cataclasis
cataclasis
English
Noun
cataclasis (plural cataclases)
- (geology) cataclastic rock (a type of metamorphic rock that has been wholly or partly formed by the progressive fracturing and comminution of existing rock)
- (geology) A process of formation of such rock.
References
- Cataclastic rock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia