CONGLOMERATE, in Geology

in geology, sedimentary rock composed largely of pebbles or other rounded particles whose diameter is larger than 2 mm (.08 in.). Essentially a cemented gravel, conglomerates are formed along beaches, as glacial drift, and in river deposits. Conglomerates formed of angular shaped pebbles are called breccias.

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Aerogeology
Book by Horst F. Von Bandat; Gulf Pub. Co., 1962
Subjects: Aerial Photography In Geology, Photographic Interpretation
...Rio de Janeiro has training courses in geology, hydrology, forestry and soil sciences...Photographic Interpretation , McGraw Hill Series in Civil Engineering, New York, 1959...Properties and classification. Conglomerates, lag gravel. Sandstone; massive, quartzitic...
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Geology, 1888-1938: Fiftieth Anniversary Volume
Book; Geological Society of America, 1941
Subjects: Geology, Prehistoric Peoples
...layman DONALD H. McLAUGHLIN: Geology in the search for metals PAUL...situation CHARLES P. BERKEY: Geology in engineering WILLIAM B. HEROY: Geology in the search for petroleum...
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The Fabric of Geology
Book by Claude C. Albritton Jr.; Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1963
Subjects: Geology
...have played a less important role in geology than in chemistry or physics. And...illustrates a trend toward the quantitative in geology, and this is the theme of Mackins...empirical methods of investigation in geology 135 J. HOOVER...
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Grand Canyon Geology
Book by Stanley S. Beus, Michael Morales; Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects: Geology--Arizona--Grand Canyon
...Powell was the first person to note the geology of these rocks dur- ing his historic traverses of the Grand Canyon in 1869 and 1872. In his reports, he...ascending order, were (1) Hotauta Conglomerate, (2) Bass Limestone, (3) Hakatai FIGURE...
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Principles of Geology
Book by James Gilluly, Aaron C. Waters, A. O. Woodford, Robert R. Compton; W. H. Fremmil, 1958
Subjects: Geology
...it entirely for a later course in historical geology. We are indebted for assistance...far, been discovered. Progress in geology has not been at a uniform rate...many of the great forward steps in geology would never have been made; for...
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Dying into the Type: Tennyson's Surrender to Public Language in "The Lover's Tale"
Journal article by Darrel Mansell; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 39, 1997
Subjects: Literature--History And Criticism, Philology
...sample of how analogous language study and geology could be is the following by Tennysons Cambridge...William Whewell: The English language is a conglomerate of Latin words, bound together in a Saxon cement; the fragments of the Latin being...
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The Knysna Basin, South Africa: Geomorphology, Landscape Sensitivity and Sustainability
Journal article by Margaret E. Marker; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 169, 2003
Subjects: Estuaries--Environmental aspects, Geomorphology--Research, Land use--Environmental aspects, South Africa--Environmental aspects
...more complex geology as varied...preserved in the graben...the Enon conglomerate grades laterally...Keurbooms conglomerate and Brenton...2002). Geology is undoubtedly...erodability results in inherent...publication in November...1.) The geology discussed...The older conglomerates and fanglomerates...
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The Caspian Sea Legal Regime, Pipeline Diplomacy, and the Prospects for Iran's Isolation from the Oil and Gas Frenzy: Reconciling Tehran's Legal Options with Its Geopolitical Realities
Journal article by Faraz Sanei; Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 34, 2001
Subjects: Caspian Sea--Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry--International aspects, Petroleum--Pipe lines
...for its own gas, which it sent off to more lucrative markets in Western Europe.(266) As a result Turkmenistan faced diminishing...The feud has been ongoing, with Gazprom.(268) the Russian conglomerate that controls the network system, threatening to cut-off Turkmen...
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Historical Coastline Adjustment at MacVanes Pond Inlet, Eastern Prince Edward Island
Journal article by Philip T. Giles; The Canadian Geographer, Vol. 46, 2002
Subjects: Climatic changes--Prince Edward Island, Coasts--Environmental aspects, Prince Edward Island--Environmental aspects, Sea level--Prince Edward Island
...the nature of local geology, sea level rise is...evolution of the coast in eastern Prince Edward...Shore of Nova Scotia in Glaciated Coasts...CROWE, G.H. 1969 Geology of Mount Stewart-Souris...Canada: Chapter 5 in Quaternary Geology of Canada and Greenland...
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The Environmental Impact of Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana: Identifying Problems and Possible Solutions
Journal article by Gavin Hilson; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 168, 2002
Subjects: Ghana--Environmental aspects, Gold industry--Environmental aspects
...University of Ghanas Geology and Law Departments...advanced scientific units in Kumasi (University...placer gold exploration in Ghana: time and financial...Exploration and Mining Geology 4 297-306 French...scale gold mining in northern Tanzania...Philippines Environmental Geology 39 51-60 Wolfe M...
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William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster
Magazine article by Donald C. Jackson, Jr. Norris Hundley; California History, Vol. 82, Fall 2004
Subjects: Dam failures--California, Dam failures--History, Dam safety--Laws, regulations and rules, Dams--California, Dams--Design and construction, Mulholland, William (Irish American engineer), Southern California
...apparently" beginning in the "red conglomerate," but nonetheless...published an article in Engineering Geology Practice in Southern...S. Walters, Dam Geology (London: Butterworth...governors commission in reporting that the conglomerate on the west (right...
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Ashanti Gold Glistens Yet Again
Magazine article by Priscilla Ross; African Business, March 1995
Subjects: Ashanti Goldfields Corporation (Ghana) Ltd.--Management, Ghana--Natural resources, Gold industry--Management, Gold mining, Mining industry--Ghana
...carbonaceous quartz reef gold, oxidised conglomerate reef, and alluvial gravels. Most of the prolific gold deposits in West Africa occur along the Birimian...Continuing the examination of the geology of Ghana reveals that over time the Birimian...
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The Diamonds of Neptune
Magazine article by Geoff Shandler; American Scholar, Vol. 70, Autumn 2001
Subjects: De Beers Botswana Mining Company (Proprietary) Ltd.--History, Diamond industry--History, Diamonds--Social aspects, Life (Philosophy)--Social aspects, Life--Social aspects
...overtly exploited and abused. Our chains are subtler, and often self-inflicted. In the past year De Beers has partnered with the French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH to create what will be a line of specially branded De Beers diamonds and goods...
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Making a Mountain out of a Mine in Montana
Magazine article by Wayne Miller; Insight on the News, Vol. 9, June 14, 1993
Subjects: Crown Butte Mines Inc.--Planning, Gallatin National Forest, Montana--Natural resources, Greater Yellowstone Coalition--Political activity, Mineral industry--Montana, Mining claims--Economic aspects, Yellowstone National Park--Environmental aspects
...paradigm of preservation. But Crown Butte represents new, high-tech mining by a new generation of Montana miners schooled in both geology and environmental science. Stricter laws hold miners more accountable than ever for reclamation, water quality and...
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New Scramble for African Fields
Magazine article by Dominique Spiegel; African Business, December 1995
Subjects: Africa--Discovery and exploration, Natural gas, Natural gas exploration--Africa, Natural gas industry, Oil and gas exploration--Africa, Petroleum, Petroleum exploration--Africa, Petroleum industry
...as well as in new offshore fields. US conglomerate Exxon, the worlds largest oil company, has an increasing interest in the region. "In 1994, we completed a...but "the complex nature of the basins geology, combined with the waxy nature of the...
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newspaper articles on: Conglomerate in Geology  - 3 results

 
 
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On the Rocks: Hiking the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 16, 2006
Subjects: Hiking
...couldnt help noticing that the farmland in the valley was snow free. The trail got...Kittatinny Ridge, offered the single best geology lesson along the AT: a 1,200-foot-deep...thrust-fault, its layers of gray sandstone and conglomerate tilted at an improbable 45-degree angle...
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Anglo Mining Boss Is Keeping Calm in the Eye of a Storm; the City INTERVIEW
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 14, 2006
Subjects: De Beers Group S.A., Diamond industry
...firm in 1917 and it grew into a massive conglomerate whose interests pervaded the South African...diamonds, becoming chairman of De Beers in 1929. His descendants today own 40pc of...EDUCATION: Cambridge University, doctorate in geology BIRTH: September 15, 1940 in Antigua...
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Where the Earth Ends, and Even the Very Clouds Stand Still ..
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 2, 2006
...National Geographic brought it out in Germany, where its done very...swallowed by a corporate publishing conglomerate. Not the sort of company where...self-defence? Perhaps Ill throw down a conglomerate publisher in front of them, and beat a hasty...


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Conglomerate , in Geology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
CONGLOMERATE , in geology in geology, sedimentary rock...larger than 2 mm (.08 in.). Essentially a cemented gravel, conglomerates are formed along...glacial drift, and in river deposits. Conglomerates formed of angular...
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Carboniferous Period
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...Historical Geology of the Period...succession of changes in the earths surface...sandstones, and conglomerates were deposited...the Pottsville conglomerate, were formed...Pennsylvanian. In Kansas, Nebraska...of SE Canada. In the Upper Carboniferous...the Pottsville conglomerate) is followed...
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Cretaceous Period
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...the Mesozoic to a close. Historical Geology of the Period The Lower Cretaceous...the beginning of the Lower Cretaceous in North America, the Mexican Sea of the...sediments (i.e., sandstone, shale, and conglomerate) mark the reemergence of land, which brought...
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Permian Period
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...290 million years ago. Historical Geology of the Period The Lower Permian During the Permian period, changes in the earths surface that had begun...chiefly shale and sandstone, with some conglomerate and breccia. Red is a prominent color...


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