Breccioid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Breccioid is an adjective meaning Resembling breccia.
Meaning
Resembling breccia.
Example Sentences
A coarse breccioid or large pebbly mass at the base.
Above these shales we find a light, soft sandstone, sometimes of conglomeratic or breccioid structure, in moderately thick layers.
They are regarded as distal turbidites and are interbedded with bioclastic limestones and massive breccioid limestones containing blocks of coral colonies and intraclasts that are regarded as proximal turbidites.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include microbrecciated, granitelike, serpuloid, granitoid, flintlike, granitiform.
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