generic conglomerate (Q161289)

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Sedimentary rock composed of at least 30 percent rounded to subangular fragments larger than 2 mm in diameter; typically contains finer grained material in interstices between larger fragments
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generic conglomerate
Sedimentary rock composed of at least 30 percent rounded to subangular fragments larger than 2 mm in diameter; typically contains finer grained material in interstices between larger fragments

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    subclass of
    sedimentary rock
    5 references
    knowledge source
    The Geoscience Ontology reference
    knowledge source
    AGI Glossary of Geology: Fifth Edition, Revised
    knowledge source
    Digital mapping techniques '04, workshop proceedings : May 16-19, 2004, Portland, Oregon
    reference statement
    particle sizes defined from Krumbein phi scale (W C Krumbein and L L Sloss, Stratigraphy and Sedimentation, 2nd edition, Freeman, San Francisco, 1963
    reference statement
    Krumbein and Pettijohn, 1938, Manual of Sedimentary Petrography: New York, Appleton Century Co., Inc.)
     
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