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Boudinage logo #21000 Boudinage is a geological term for structures formed by extension, where a rigid tabular body such as Hornfels, is stretched and deformed amidst less competent surroundings. The competent bed begins to break up, forming sausage-shaped boudins. A boudinage structure is very similar to pillow lava in appearance but in overall formation is very diffe...
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boudinage logo #21003(from French boudin, `sausage`), cylinderlike structures making up a layer of deformed rock. Seen in cross section, the cylinders, or boudins, are ...
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boudinage logo #22327A structure in which brittle beds bounded by more ductile ones have been divided into segments during metamorphism.
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