breccioid

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

breccia +‎ -oid

Adjective[edit]

breccioid (not comparable)

  1. Resembling breccia.
    • 1846, Ebenezer Emmons, Agriculture of New-York: Soils[1], page 83:
      A coarse breccioid or large pebbly mass at the base.
    • 1916, Johan August Udden, The Thrall Oil Field[2], volume 2, page 10:
      Above these shales we find a light, soft sandstone, sometimes of conglomeratic or breccioid structure, in moderately thick layers.
    • 2007, Bernhard Hubmann, Fossil Corals and Sponges: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Fossil Cnidaria and Porifera, Graz 2003:
      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.