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Breccias.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

S. H. Reynolds
S. H. Reynolds
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Breccias in general have been exhaustively discussed by W. H. Norton, and Bonney has fully described a large number of sedimentary origin. But since these papers were written attention has been drawn to certain fresh types of brecciated rock, and perhaps a briefer account than that in Norton's paper and one referring more particularly to British examples may be of service.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 65 , Issue 3 , March 1928, pp. 97 - 107
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1928

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