Autoclastic


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Au`to`clas´tic


a. 1. (Geol.) Broken in place; - said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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