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Glossary
Glossary of Karst and Cave Terms
breccia
1. Angular fragments of rock, commonly, but not inevitably, cemented by finer-grained materials including silica, iron minerals, and calcite to form a new rock. Many fault planes are marked by zones of broken rock, either loose or re-cemented, forming a fault breccia [9]. 2. Rock composed of angular fragments [16].