Feb 9, 2016 11:03
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French term

Brèche calcaire

French to English Science Science (general) Découverte de restes ..
... partiellement enrobé dans la brèche calcaire ...



D'avance merci
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 limestone breccia
4 +2 calcibreccia

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limestone breccia

This is a limestone deposit (or rock) composed of broken fragments.

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Thanks for the points. I am happy to be a help.
Peer comment(s):

agree Ronald van Riet : this is far more common than the alternative translation mentioned
30 mins
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calcibreccia

https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/1569
Clastic dikes of Heart Mountain fault breccia, northwestern ...
pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/pp1133

by WG Pierce - ‎1979 - ‎Cited by 26 - ‎Related articles
2 Feb 2012 - After fault movement had ceased, much of the carbonate fault breccia, here called calcibreccia, lay loose on the resulting surface of tectonic ..


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Note added at 24 mins (2016-02-09 11:28:11 GMT)
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sorry,
I believe it is with a hyphen

calci-breccia


Clastic dikes of Heart Mountain fault breccia, ...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=25o_AAAAIAAJ
William Gamewell Pierce - 1979 - ‎Breccia
these bodies usually consist almost entirely of calci- breccia and a few volcanic fragments, although some pods contain numerous small lenses and inclusions of..
Peer comment(s):

agree Chakib Roula
11 mins
agree Philippe Barré : "calcibreccia" (no hyphen) = "brèche calcaire" in Comprehensive Dictionary of Earth Science( Moureau & Brace)
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