Talk:Cataclastic rock

Proposed merge with Cataclasite

The Cataclastic and Cataclasite pages are both rather short and overlap a great deal in content. I suggest that they are merged into Cataclasite. Mikenorton (talk) 11:46, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Following discussion on the Talk:Cataclasite page, the merge is not going ahead. However, this page is going to be moved to 'Cataclastic rock' and is undergoing a complete rewrite to remove anything about porphyroclasts or 'mortar' texture, which are now known to be characteristic of ductile deformation and crystal-plastic processes. Mikenorton (talk) 12:49, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Etymology

For those of us who arrive at this subject stone cold (I got here from this non-wikipedia page about a seminar that I may go to: http://www.gleanreport.com/events/mike-heap/) it would be nice to have an etymology for the word, to encourage us toward a not-too-wrong broad-brush understanding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArthurDent006.5 (talk • contribs) 09:05, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

It means breaking down from cata = down [1] and clasis = breaking [2], which is pretty simple (compared to some terminology). A cataclastic rock has been changed from the original material by a more or less complete (hence variation in terminology in the article) breaking down by fracturing. Mikenorton (talk) 11:58, 27 June 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Does that belong in the top paragraph of the substantive article?

ArthurDent006.5 (talk) 03:58, 2 July 2017 (UTC)