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What is a cataclasis?

What is a cataclasis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geology) cataclastic rock (a type of metamorphic rock that has been wholly or partly formed by the progressive fracturing and comminution of existing rock)
  2. (geology) A process of formation of such rock.
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Close to the tectonic contact with the Mesozoic-Cenozoic cover there is a wide zone of cataclasis.
The mineralization is located at the contact of two regional structural trends where faulting and deformation have produced intense cataclasis and brecciation.
The mineralization appears to be located at the intersection of two regional structural trends where deformation has produced intense cataclasis and brecciation.
Strong influx of water-rich fluids during pre-Triassic cataclasis led to albitisation of the plagioclase, and not to its replacement by clay minerals as observed in the Leuggern and Böttstein boreholes.
Dynamic metamorphism, or cataclasis, results mainly from mechanical deformation with little long-term temperature change.
The lower intensity of syenite cataclasis resulted from their mica content, which is higher than in the granites.

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