Lithic (impact) breccia

A lithic breccia is an impact breccia that contains shocked and unshocked clasts in a clastic matrix but lacks cogenetic melt particles.

Image002 Fig. 1. Lithic breccia; Gardnos (Norway) impact structure.

Image004 Fig. 2. Lithic breccia; Söderfjärden (Finland) impact structure.

Image006 Fig. 3. Lithic breccia; Lockne (Sweden) impact structure.

Image008 Fig. 4. Lithic breccia from the Rochechouart (France) impact structure.