Mélange
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m-lange-198-8126548
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Mélange
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In geology, a mélange is a large-scale breccia, a mappable body of rock characterized by a lack of continuous bedding and the inclusion of fragments of rock of all sizes, contained in a fine-grained deformed matrix. The mélange typically consists of a jumble of large blocks of varied lithologies. Both tectonic and sedimentary processes can form mélange. Mélange occurrences are associated with thrust faulted terranes in orogenic belts. A mélange is formed in the accretionary wedge above a subduct
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Large-scale breccia typically consisting of a jumble of large blocks of varied lithologies
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9lange
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2023-10-18T13:16:45Z
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