breccioidとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

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.