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What is a cataclasite?

What is a cataclasite? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A type of cataclastic rock that is formed by fracturing and comminution during faulting.
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There, fault planes parallel to the fjord display red coloration, red cataclasite in zones up to 10 cm thick, and wide zones of unconsolidated breccia or gouge.
The margins are straight, with discordant injection veins, and grade into a marginal cataclasite zone adjacent to the mylonite.
Type I corresponds to the less deformed limestone, which contains cataclasite bands, veins and, at times, preserved sedimentary fabrics.

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