[meteorite-list] breccia formation

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:43 2004
Message-ID: <3C39FE24.4603F76A_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

Dave Harris wrote:

> I've just got some cute little NWA 788 from Jim Strope (thanks Jim!) and
> noted they are brecciated. This got me wondering about how the process of
> brecciation occurred in the parent body and I realised that I didn't know.

Hello All!

In a nutshell we may confidently turn our attention to
H. Y. McSween's concise description in the glossary
of his "Meteorites and Their Parent Planets" (p. 288):

"A rock composed of broken rock fragments (clasts)
cemented together by finer-grained material; a common
product of i m p a c t processes".

Regards,

Bernd
Received on Mon 07 Jan 2002 02:59:32 PM PST