It is really a fault zone bounded by two major faults and filled with a well cemented fault breccia. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
A breccia is a rock made up of angular pebbles or fragments of other rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood] Reference
Many beds of siliceous gravel are cemented together by a siliceous cement, and are called breccia; as the plumb-pudding stones of. From Wordnik.com. [The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation] Reference
In some cases rare stone types, such as breccia corallina, cipollino marina and some as yet unidentified stone types were used. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Stone Report 1] Reference
This is corroborated by field evidence (e.g. fault breccia). From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Seismological Studies Report 4] Reference
GARVIN: This is breccia, and that's a good crossword puzzle word. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2004] Reference
Soay and Boreray are formed of a breccia of gabbro and dolerites. From Wordnik.com. [St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom] Reference
Ornamental breccia has also been quarried near Arzo for centuries. From Wordnik.com. [Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland] Reference
Many small stone extraction sites are present in the limestone breccia. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Geological Survey Report 1] Reference
Maceheads of breccia, granite, &c., of same type as the early Egyptian (Shahrein). From Wordnik.com. [How to Observe in Archaeology] Reference
Its material is a breccia from a quarry near Thebes, and is remarkable for its hardness. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
The investigation disclosed several different beds of stalagmite, cave earth, and breccia. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
On the columnar facade, light brown breccia columns alternated with green veined limestone columns. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Anastylosis Projects - Antonine Nymphaeum Report 1] Reference
All this evidence points to placement of the K-T boundary 50 cm above the Chicxulub impact breccia. From Wordnik.com. [Should Keller's Thin Sections Be Independently Tested? « Climate Audit] Reference
Normal faults in the Aegean region are often characterized by a sequence of different types of breccia. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Seismological Studies Report 2] Reference
The village, pop. 2300, is built at the foot of a rock of volcanic breccia crowned by the scanty ruins of. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Below this were strata of trachitic breccia and augite; the formation was then seamy to an unknown depth. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883] Reference
In between the two parts, a limestone breccia is present, and the Düzen plateau is bordered by sandstone. From Wordnik.com. [Archaeometrical Study of Craft Activities « Interactive Dig Sagalassos – City in the Clouds] Reference
They are generally of a coarse breccia, the component parts principally limestone; abundance of nummulites. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Green breccia column fragment, one of many discovered by teams RB 1 and 1 in the southern rooms of the baths. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Roman Baths Report 3] Reference
The first, above, is nearly dip-slip in relative movement, and you can see a close-up of the footwall breccia. From Wordnik.com. [Friday Fault Photos] Reference
It was discovered by chance in 1858, having been until then hermetically sealed by a mass of limestone breccia. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
In the back wall, this hue contrasted with gray-green and brownish veined limestone and a very colorful breccia. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Anastylosis Projects - Antonine Nymphaeum Report 1] Reference
Folded limestone atop a reddish limestone breccia sits on Precambrian to Cambrian, possibly mylonitic quartzite. From Wordnik.com. [Mylonitic Quartzite] Reference
Attributed to Paul Heermann and Johann Christoph Hübner Amethyst, tufa, serpentine, breccia, and gilded bronze H: 21-7/8 in. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Treasures at the Met] Reference
Mining and quarrying no longer occur in the area, except at Arzo where breccia (Arzo marble), is mined under tight regulation. From Wordnik.com. [Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland] Reference
We must notice that all the implements found in the breccia are similar to those of the Drift, being rudely formed and massive. From Wordnik.com. [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference
In fact, we find traces of one of these inundations in a breccia formed of the fossil bones of animals in the hills near Bastia. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
On-site quarries include limestone and limestone breccia quarries predominantly located within one kilometer from the city center. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Geological Survey Report 1] Reference
Besides measuring orientation data, we have sampled fault-related calcites and the different zone-parallel layers of fault breccia. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Seismological Studies Report 2] Reference
More remarkable was the discovery of part of a column in verde antico, a serpentinite breccia, popular as a decorative facing stone. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Roman Baths Report 2] Reference
The area where this fault zone cuts the breccia unit will be probed to determine if it contains enhanced uranium values. From Wordnik.com. [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]
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