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class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Examples on Mars</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Examples_on_Mars-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Metaconglomerate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Metaconglomerate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Metaconglomerate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Metaconglomerate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div 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interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almendr%C3%B3n" title="Almendrón – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Almendrón" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0)" title="Кангламерат (парода) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кангламерат (парода)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82_(%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Конгломерат (геология) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Конгломерат (геология)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maen-torbez" title="Maen-torbez – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Maen-torbez" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomerat" title="Conglomerat – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Conglomerat" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82_(%D1%82%C4%83%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2)" title="Конгломерат (тăправ) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Конгломерат (тăправ)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slepenec" title="Slepenec – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Slepenec" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amryfaen_(daeareg)" title="Amryfaen (daeareg) – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Amryfaen (daeareg)" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konglomerat_(geologi)" title="Konglomerat (geologi) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Konglomerat (geologi)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konglomerat_(Gestein)" title="Konglomerat (Gestein) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Konglomerat (Gestein)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konglomeraat_(geoloogia)" title="Konglomeraat (geoloogia) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Konglomeraat (geoloogia)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%AD%CF%82_%CF%80%CE%AD%CF%84%CF%81%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%B1" title="Κροκαλοπαγές πέτρωμα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κροκαλοπαγές πέτρωμα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomerado_(geolog%C3%ADa)" title="Conglomerado (geología) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Conglomerado (geología)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konglomera%C4%B5o" title="Konglomeraĵo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Konglomeraĵo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konglomeratu" title="Konglomeratu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Konglomeratu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B4%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF" title="جوش‌سنگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جوش‌سنگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglom%C3%A9rat_(g%C3%A9ologie)" title="Conglomérat (géologie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Conglomérat (géologie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comhcheirtle%C3%A1n" title="Comhcheirtleán – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Comhcheirtleán" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomerado_(xeolox%C3%ADa)" title="Conglomerado (xeoloxía) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Conglomerado (xeoloxía)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%97%AD%EC%95%94" title="역암 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="역암" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%B4%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BF_(%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A1%D6%80)" title="Կոնգլոմերատ (ապար) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կոնգլոմերատ (ապար)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valuti%C4%8Dnjak" title="Valutičnjak – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Valutičnjak" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konglomerato" title="Konglomerato – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Konglomerato" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konglomerat_(geologi)" title="Konglomerat (geologi) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Konglomerat (geologi)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%98_(%D7%92%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%92%D7%99%D7%94)" title="קונגלומרט (גאולוגיה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קונגלומרט (גאולוגיה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%92%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%90)" title="კონგლომერატი (გეოლოგია) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კონგლომერატი (გეოლოგია)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82" title="Конгломерат – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Конгломерат" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevili" title="Kevili – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Kevili" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxum_conglomeratum" title="Saxum conglomeratum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Saxum conglomeratum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konglomer%C4%81ts_(iezis)" title="Konglomerāts (iezis) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Konglomerāts (iezis)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konglomeratas_(uoliena)" title="Konglomeratas (uoliena) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Konglomeratas (uoliena)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavicsk%C5%91" title="Kavicskő – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kavicskő" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomeraat_(geologie)" title="Conglomeraat (geologie) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Conglomeraat (geologie)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Conglomerate</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color: #cddeff"><b><a href="/wiki/Sedimentary" class="mw-redirect" title="Sedimentary">Sedimentary rock</a></b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ferruginous_quartz-pebble_conglomerate_(derived_from_boulder_in_%22Sharon_Conglomerate%22,_Lower_Pennsylvanian;_Jackson_North_roadcut,_Ohio,_USA)_30.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Ferruginous_quartz-pebble_conglomerate_%28derived_from_boulder_in_%22Sharon_Conglomerate%22%2C_Lower_Pennsylvanian%3B_Jackson_North_roadcut%2C_Ohio%2C_USA%29_30.jpg/600px-Ferruginous_quartz-pebble_conglomerate_%28derived_from_boulder_in_%22Sharon_Conglomerate%22%2C_Lower_Pennsylvanian%3B_Jackson_North_roadcut%2C_Ohio%2C_USA%29_30.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3766" data-file-height="2717" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Boulder of quartz-pebble conglomerate with large clasts, from <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Conglomerate" title="Sharon Conglomerate">Sharon Conglomerate</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carmelo_Formation_at_Point_Lobos.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Carmelo_Formation_at_Point_Lobos.jpg/170px-Carmelo_Formation_at_Point_Lobos.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Carmelo_Formation_at_Point_Lobos.jpg/255px-Carmelo_Formation_at_Point_Lobos.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Carmelo_Formation_at_Point_Lobos.jpg/340px-Carmelo_Formation_at_Point_Lobos.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2577" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Carmelo Formation (conglomerate) at <a href="/wiki/Point_Lobos" title="Point Lobos">Point Lobos</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sangjunak1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Sangjunak1.jpg/170px-Sangjunak1.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Sangjunak1.jpg/255px-Sangjunak1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Sangjunak1.jpg/340px-Sangjunak1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4624" data-file-height="2600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nagdong_Formation" title="Nagdong Formation">Nagdong Formation</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sangju" title="Sangju">Sangju</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Conglomerate</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ər/: 'er' in 'letter'">ər</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_rock" title="Sedimentary rock">sedimentary rock</a> made up of rounded <a href="/wiki/Gravel" title="Gravel">gravel</a>-sized pieces of rock surrounded by finer-grained <a href="/wiki/Sediment" title="Sediment">sediments</a> (such as <a href="/wiki/Sand" title="Sand">sand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Silt" title="Silt">silt</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Clay" title="Clay">clay</a>). The larger fragments within conglomerate are called clasts, while the finer sediment surrounding the clasts is called the matrix. The clasts and matrix are typically cemented by <a href="/wiki/Calcium_carbonate" title="Calcium carbonate">calcium carbonate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iron_oxide" title="Iron oxide">iron oxide</a>, <a href="/wiki/Silica" class="mw-redirect" title="Silica">silica</a>, or hardened clay. </p><p>Conglomerates form when rounded gravels deposited by water or glaciers become <a href="/wiki/Lithification" title="Lithification">solidified and cemented by pressure over time</a>. They can be found in sedimentary rock sequences of all ages but probably make up less than 1 percent by weight of all sedimentary rocks. They are closely related to sandstones in origin, and exhibit many of the same types of <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_structures" title="Sedimentary structures">sedimentary structures</a>, such as tabular and trough <a href="/wiki/Cross-bedding" title="Cross-bedding">cross-bedding</a> and <a href="/wiki/Graded_bedding" title="Graded bedding">graded bedding</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Boggs2006a_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boggs2006a-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Friedman2003a_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman2003a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NeuendorfOthers2005a_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NeuendorfOthers2005a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Fanglomerates</b> are poorly sorted, matrix-rich conglomerates that originated as <a href="/wiki/Debris_flow" title="Debris flow">debris flows</a> on <a href="/wiki/Alluvial_fan" title="Alluvial fan">alluvial fans</a> and likely contain the largest accumulations of gravel in the geologic record.<sup id="cite_ref-leeder-2011-290_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leeder-2011-290-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Breccia" title="Breccia">Breccias</a> are similar to conglomerates, but have clasts that have angular (rather than rounded) shapes. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Classification_of_conglomerates">Classification of conglomerates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Classification of conglomerates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Conglomerates may be named and classified by the: </p> <ul><li>Amount and type of matrix present</li> <li>Composition of gravel-size clasts they contain</li> <li>Size range of gravel-size clasts present</li></ul> <p>The classification method depends on the type and detail of research being conducted.<sup id="cite_ref-Boggs2006a_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boggs2006a-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Friedman2003a_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman2003a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nichols2009a_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nichols2009a-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A sedimentary rock composed largely of gravel is first named according to the roundness of the gravel. If the gravel clasts that comprise it are largely well-rounded to subrounded, it is a <i>conglomerate.</i> If the gravel clasts that comprise it are largely angular, it is a <a href="/wiki/Breccia" title="Breccia">breccia</a>. Such breccias can be called sedimentary breccias to differentiate them from other types of breccia, e.g. volcanic and fault breccias. Sedimentary rocks that contain a mixture of rounded and angular gravel clasts are sometimes called breccio-conglomerate.<sup id="cite_ref-Friedman2003a_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman2003a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nichols2009a_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nichols2009a-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Texture">Texture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Texture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Conglomerates contain at least 30% of rounded to subangular clasts larger than 2 mm (0.079 in) in diameter, e.g., <a href="/wiki/Granule_(geology)" title="Granule (geology)">granules</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pebble" title="Pebble">pebbles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cobble_(geology)" title="Cobble (geology)">cobbles</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Boulder" title="Boulder">boulders</a>. However, conglomerates are rarely composed entirely of gravel-size clasts. Typically, the space between the gravel-size clasts is filled by a mixture composed of varying amounts of silt, sand, and clay, known as <i>matrix</i>. If the individual gravel clasts in a conglomerate are separated from each other by an abundance of matrix such that they are not in contact with each other and <i>float</i> within the matrix, it is called a paraconglomerate. Paraconglomerates are also often unstratified and can contain more matrix than gravel clasts. If the gravel clasts of a conglomerate are in contact with each other, it is called an orthoconglomerate. Unlike paraconglomerates, orthoconglomerates are typically cross-bedded and often well-cemented and lithified by either <a href="/wiki/Calcite" title="Calcite">calcite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hematite" title="Hematite">hematite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quartz" title="Quartz">quartz</a>, or clay.<sup id="cite_ref-Boggs2006a_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boggs2006a-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Friedman2003a_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman2003a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nichols2009a_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nichols2009a-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The differences between paraconglomerates and orthoconglomerates reflect differences in how they are deposited. Paraconglomerates are commonly either glacial <a href="/wiki/Till" title="Till">tills</a> or <a href="/wiki/Debris_flow" title="Debris flow">debris flow</a> deposits. Orthoconglomerates are typically associated with aqueous currents.<sup id="cite_ref-Boggs2006a_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boggs2006a-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Friedman2003a_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman2003a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nichols2009a_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nichols2009a-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CambrianConglomerate.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/CambrianConglomerate.jpg/220px-CambrianConglomerate.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/CambrianConglomerate.jpg/330px-CambrianConglomerate.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/CambrianConglomerate.jpg/440px-CambrianConglomerate.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>A conglomerate at the base of the <a href="/wiki/Cambrian" title="Cambrian">Cambrian</a> in the Black Hills, South Dakota.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Conglomerate_core_section.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Conglomerate_core_section.jpg/220px-Conglomerate_core_section.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Conglomerate_core_section.jpg/330px-Conglomerate_core_section.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Conglomerate_core_section.jpg/440px-Conglomerate_core_section.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1210" data-file-height="1220" /></a><figcaption>Section of polymict conglomerate from offshore rock <a href="/wiki/Core_sample" title="Core sample">core</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska" title="Alaska">Alaska</a>, approximate depth 10,000 ft.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Clast_composition">Clast composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Clast composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Conglomerates are also classified according to the composition of their clasts. A conglomerate or any clastic sedimentary rock that consists of a single rock or mineral is known as either a monomict, monomictic, oligomict, or oligomictic conglomerate. If the conglomerate consists of two or more different types of rocks, minerals, or combination of both, it is known as either a polymict or polymictic conglomerate. If a polymictic conglomerate contains an assortment of the clasts of metastable and unstable rocks and minerals, it is called either a petromict or petromictic conglomerate.<sup id="cite_ref-Friedman2003a_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman2003a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NeuendorfOthers2005a_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NeuendorfOthers2005a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TuckerOthers2003a_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TuckerOthers2003a-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, conglomerates are classified by source as indicated by the lithology of the gravel-size clasts If these clasts consist of rocks and minerals that are significantly different in lithology from the enclosing matrix and, thus, older and derived from outside the basin of deposition, the conglomerate is known as an extraformational conglomerate. If these clasts consist of rocks and minerals that are identical to or consistent with the lithology of the enclosing matrix and, thus, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/penecontemporaneous" class="extiw" title="wikt:penecontemporaneous">penecontemporaneous</a> and derived from within the basin of deposition, the conglomerate is known as an intraformational conglomerate.<sup id="cite_ref-Friedman2003a_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman2003a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NeuendorfOthers2005a_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NeuendorfOthers2005a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TuckerOthers2003a_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TuckerOthers2003a-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two recognized types of intraformational conglomerates are shale-pebble and flat-pebble conglomerates.<sup id="cite_ref-TuckerOthers2003a_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TuckerOthers2003a-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A shale-pebble conglomerate is a conglomerate that is composed largely of clasts of rounded mud chips and pebbles held together by clay minerals and created by erosion within environments such as within a river channel or along a lake margin.<sup id="cite_ref-Williams1966a_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams1966a-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flat-pebble conglomerates (edgewise conglomerates) are conglomerates that consist of relatively flat clasts of lime mud created by either storms or tsunami eroding a shallow sea bottom or tidal currents eroding tidal flats along a shoreline.<sup id="cite_ref-Flugel2010a_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Flugel2010a-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Clast_size">Clast size</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Clast size"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Finally, conglomerates are often differentiated and named according to the dominant <a href="/wiki/Particle_size_(grain_size)" class="mw-redirect" title="Particle size (grain size)">clast size</a> comprising them. In this classification, a conglomerate composed largely of granule-size clasts would be called a granule conglomerate; a conglomerate composed largely of pebble-size clasts would be called a pebble conglomerate; and a conglomerate composed largely of cobble-size clasts would be called a cobble conglomerate.<sup id="cite_ref-Nichols2009a_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nichols2009a-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TuckerOthers2003a_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TuckerOthers2003a-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sedimentary_environments">Sedimentary environments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sedimentary environments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Conglomerates are deposited in a variety of <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_depositional_environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sedimentary depositional environment">sedimentary environments</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deepwater_marine">Deepwater marine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Deepwater marine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Turbidite" title="Turbidite">turbidites</a>, the basal part of a bed is typically coarse-grained and sometimes conglomeratic. In this setting, conglomerates are normally very well sorted, well-rounded and often with a strong A-axis type <a href="/wiki/Imbrication_(sedimentology)" title="Imbrication (sedimentology)">imbrication</a> of the clasts.<sup id="cite_ref-Walker_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shallow_marine">Shallow marine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Shallow marine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Conglomerates are normally present at the base of sequences laid down during <a href="/wiki/Transgression_(geology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Transgression (geology)">marine transgressions</a> above an <a href="/wiki/Unconformity" title="Unconformity">unconformity</a>, and are known as <b>basal conglomerates</b>. They represent the position of the <a href="/wiki/Shoreline" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoreline">shoreline</a> at a particular time and are <a href="/wiki/Diachronous" class="mw-redirect" title="Diachronous">diachronous</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fluvial">Fluvial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fluvial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Conglomerates deposited in fluvial environments are typically well rounded and poorly sorted. Clasts of this size are carried as <a href="/wiki/Bedload" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedload">bedload</a> and only at times of high flow-rate. The maximum clast size decreases as the clasts are transported further due to <a href="/wiki/Attrition_(weathering)" class="mw-redirect" title="Attrition (weathering)">attrition</a>, so conglomerates are more characteristic of immature river systems. In the sediments deposited by mature rivers, conglomerates are generally confined to the basal part of a channel fill where they are known as <i>pebble lags</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Tucker_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tucker-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conglomerates deposited in a fluvial environment often have an AB-plane type imbrication. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alluvial">Alluvial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Alluvial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Conglomerate_Death_Valley_NP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Conglomerate_Death_Valley_NP.jpg/220px-Conglomerate_Death_Valley_NP.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Conglomerate_Death_Valley_NP.jpg/330px-Conglomerate_Death_Valley_NP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Conglomerate_Death_Valley_NP.jpg/440px-Conglomerate_Death_Valley_NP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Fanglomerate in <a href="/wiki/Death_Valley_National_Park" title="Death Valley National Park">Death Valley National Park</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Alluvial deposits form in areas of high relief and are typically coarse-grained. At mountain fronts individual <a href="/wiki/Alluvial_fan" title="Alluvial fan">alluvial fans</a> merge to form braidplains and these two environments are associated with the thickest deposits of conglomerates. The bulk of conglomerates deposited in this setting are clast-supported with a strong AB-plane <a href="/wiki/Imbrication_(sedimentology)" title="Imbrication (sedimentology)">imbrication</a>. Matrix-supported conglomerates, as a result of debris-flow deposition, are quite commonly associated with many alluvial fans. When such conglomerates accumulate within an alluvial fan, in rapidly eroding (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Desert" title="Desert">desert</a>) environments, the resulting rock unit is often called a <i>fanglomerate</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Walker_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Walker-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Glacial">Glacial</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Glacial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Glacier" title="Glacier">Glaciers</a> carry a lot of coarse-grained material and many glacial deposits are conglomeratic. <a href="/wiki/Till#Tillite" title="Till">tillites</a>, the sediments deposited directly by a glacier, are typically poorly sorted, matrix-supported conglomerates. The matrix is generally fine-grained, consisting of finely milled rock fragments. Waterlaid deposits associated with glaciers are often conglomeratic, forming structures such as <a href="/wiki/Esker" title="Esker">eskers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Tucker_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tucker-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An example of conglomerate can be seen at <a href="/wiki/Montserrat_(mountain)" title="Montserrat (mountain)">Montserrat</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a>. Here, erosion has created vertical channels that give the characteristic jagged shapes the mountain is named for (Montserrat literally means "jagged mountain"). The rock is strong enough to use as a building material, as in the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Maria_de_Montserrat_Abbey" title="Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey">Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey</a>. </p><p>Another example, the <a href="/wiki/Sangre_de_Cristo_Formation" title="Sangre de Cristo Formation">Crestone Conglomerate</a>, occurs in and near the town of <a href="/wiki/Crestone,_Colorado" title="Crestone, Colorado">Crestone</a>, at the foot of the <a href="/wiki/Sangre_de_Cristo_Range" title="Sangre de Cristo Range">Sangre de Cristo Range</a> in <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>'s <a href="/wiki/San_Luis_Valley" title="San Luis Valley">San Luis Valley</a>. The Crestone Conglomerate consists of poorly sorted fanglomerates that accumulated in prehistoric alluvial fans and related fluvial systems. Some of these rocks have hues of red and green. </p><p>Conglomerate cliffs are found on the east coast of <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a> from <a href="/wiki/Arbroath" title="Arbroath">Arbroath</a> northwards along the coastlines of the former counties of <a href="/wiki/Angus,_Scotland" title="Angus, Scotland">Angus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kincardineshire" title="Kincardineshire">Kincardineshire</a>. <a href="/wiki/Dunnottar_Castle" title="Dunnottar Castle">Dunnottar Castle</a> sits on a rugged promontory of conglomerate jutting into the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> just south of the town of <a href="/wiki/Stonehaven" title="Stonehaven">Stonehaven</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Copper_Harbor_Conglomerate" title="Copper Harbor Conglomerate">Copper Harbor Conglomerate</a> is found both in the <a href="/wiki/Keweenaw_Peninsula" title="Keweenaw Peninsula">Keweenaw Peninsula</a> and <a href="/wiki/Isle_Royale_National_Park" title="Isle Royale National Park">Isle Royale National Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lake_Superior" title="Lake Superior">Lake Superior</a>. </p><p>Conglomerate may also be seen in the domed hills of <a href="/wiki/Kata_Tjuta" title="Kata Tjuta">Kata Tjuta</a>, in Australia's <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or in the <a href="/wiki/Buda_Hills" title="Buda Hills">Buda Hills</a> in Hungary.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the nineteenth century a thick layer of <a href="/wiki/Pottsville_Formation" title="Pottsville Formation">Pottsville</a> conglomerate was recognized to underlie <a href="/wiki/Anthracite_coal" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthracite coal">anthracite coal</a> measures in Pennsylvania.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Examples_on_Mars">Examples on Mars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Examples on Mars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On <a href="/wiki/Mars" title="Mars">Mars</a>, slabs of conglomerate have been found at an <a href="/wiki/Outcrop" title="Outcrop">outcrop</a> named "<a href="/wiki/Hottah_(Mars)" title="Hottah (Mars)">Hottah</a>", and have been interpreted by scientists as having formed in an ancient streambed. The gravels, which were discovered by <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s Mars rover <a href="/wiki/Curiosity_(rover)" title="Curiosity (rover)">Curiosity</a>, range from the size of sand particles to the size of golf balls. Analysis has shown that the pebbles were deposited by a stream that flowed at walking pace and was ankle- to hip-deep.<sup id="cite_ref-Mars1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mars1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Metaconglomerate">Metaconglomerate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Metaconglomerate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Metamorphism" title="Metamorphism">Metamorphic</a> alteration transforms conglomerate into <a href="/wiki/Metaconglomerate" title="Metaconglomerate">metaconglomerate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NeuendorfOthers2005a_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NeuendorfOthers2005a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Puddingstone_(rock)" title="Puddingstone (rock)">Puddingstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_conglomerate" title="Jasper conglomerate">Jasper conglomerate</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conglomerate_(geology)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Boggs2006a-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Boggs2006a_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Boggs2006a_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Boggs2006a_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Boggs2006a_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Boggs, S. 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title="Trachybasalt">Trachybasalt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiite" title="Hawaiite">Hawaiite</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trachyte" title="Trachyte">Trachyte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troctolite" title="Troctolite">Troctolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trondhjemite" title="Trondhjemite">Trondhjemite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuff" title="Tuff">Tuff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Websterite" title="Websterite">Websterite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wehrlite" title="Wehrlite">Wehrlite</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_rock" title="Sedimentary rock">Sedimentary rock</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Argillite" title="Argillite">Argillite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arkose" title="Arkose">Arkose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banded_iron_formation" title="Banded iron 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title="Greywacke">Greywacke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gritstone" title="Gritstone">Gritstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itacolumite" title="Itacolumite">Itacolumite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaspillite" title="Jaspillite">Jaspillite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laterite" title="Laterite">Laterite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lignite" title="Lignite">Lignite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">Limestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lumachelle" title="Lumachelle">Lumachelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marl" title="Marl">Marl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudstone" title="Mudstone">Mudstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oil_shale" title="Oil shale">Oil shale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oolite" title="Oolite">Oolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phosphorite" title="Phosphorite">Phosphorite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">Sandstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shale" title="Shale">Shale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siltstone" title="Siltstone">Siltstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvinite" title="Sylvinite">Sylvinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tillite" class="mw-redirect" title="Tillite">Tillite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Travertine" title="Travertine">Travertine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tufa" title="Tufa">Tufa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turbidite" title="Turbidite">Turbidite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varve" title="Varve">Varve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wackestone" title="Wackestone">Wackestone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Metamorphic_rock" title="Metamorphic rock">Metamorphic rock</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthracite" title="Anthracite">Anthracite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amphibolite" title="Amphibolite">Amphibolite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blueschist" title="Blueschist">Blueschist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cataclasite" title="Cataclasite">Cataclasite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eclogite" title="Eclogite">Eclogite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gneiss" title="Gneiss">Gneiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granulite" title="Granulite">Granulite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenschist" title="Greenschist">Greenschist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornfels" title="Hornfels">Hornfels</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Calcflinta" title="Calcflinta">Calcflinta</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itabirite" title="Itabirite">Itabirite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfieldite" title="Litchfieldite">Litchfieldite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marble" title="Marble">Marble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migmatite" title="Migmatite">Migmatite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mylonite" title="Mylonite">Mylonite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metapelite" class="mw-redirect" title="Metapelite">Metapelite</a></li> <li><a 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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Specific varieties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adamellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Adamellite">Adamellite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appinite" title="Appinite">Appinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aphanite" title="Aphanite">Aphanite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borolanite" title="Borolanite">Borolanite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larvikite" title="Larvikite">Blue Granite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epidosite" title="Epidosite">Epidosite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felsite" title="Felsite">Felsite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flint" title="Flint">Flint</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganister" title="Ganister">Ganister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gossan" title="Gossan">Gossan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyaloclastite" title="Hyaloclastite">Hyaloclastite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ijolite" 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