Highly deformed pebbles
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| Timiskaming Conglomerate Highly deformed pebbles Harvey Kirkland |
| Conglomerate - A course-grained clastic sedimentary rock, composed of rounded to subangular fragments larger than 2 mm in diameter (granules, pebbles, cobbles, boulders) set in a fine-grained matrix of sand or silt, and commonly cemented by calcium carbonate, iron oxide, silica, or hardened clay; the consolidated equivalent of gravel both in size range and in the essential roundness and sorting of its constituent particles. The rock or mineral fragments may be of varied composition and range widely in size, and are usually rounded and smoothed by transportation by water or from wave action. Conglomerates may be classified according to nature or composition of fragments, proportion of matrix, degree of size sorting, type of cement, and agent or environment of formation. Syn: puddingstone |
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