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 d
Melange from Narooma, Australia.
Shale matrix mélange with clasts of sandstone and greenstone on Marshall's Beach, San Francisco, US
Serpentinite mélange showing block-in-matrix texture, exposed at Marshall's Beach in San Francisco. Pencil for scale.
Geology of the Himalayas
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The geology of the Himalayas is one of the most dramatic and visible creations of the immense mountain range formed by plate tectonic forces and sculpted by weathering and erosion. The Himalayas, whic
Fig 7: Simplified cross-section of the north-western Himalaya showing the main tectonic units and structural elements by Dèzes (1999).