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Crackle breccia

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Crackle breccia is a type of breccia where the clasts have been separated by planes of rupture, but have experienced little or no displacement.[1] The individual clasts in crackle breccia must not have experienced more than 10° average rotation.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kentucky Geological Survey - crackle breccia
  2. ^ Mort, K. (2008). "Quantifying fault breccia geometry: Dent Fault, NW England". Journal of Structural Geology. 30 (6): 701–709. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2008.02.005.


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