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SHARPSTONE CONGLOMERATE [2 records]

Record 1 2005-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geology
DEF

A breccia formed by sedimentary processes ... It is usually (but not necessarily) characterized by imperfect mechanical sorting and either by the predominance of material from one local source or by the presence of a marked variety of materials indiscriminately jumbled together.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Geología
DEF

Roca sedimentaria formada por trozos angulosos de mayor tamaño que las partículas de arena.

CONT

Cabe distinguir las brechas sedimentarias de las brechas tectónicas. En las primeras, las piedras, así como los huesos, conchas y otros cuerpos, han sido sepultados por un manto de sedimentos muy finos que, al consolidarse, los han aprisionado en su seno.

CONT

En todas las clasificaciones de brechas, se distinguen las brechas tectónicas de las sedimentarias, aunque sus características de campo sean similares.

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

Sharp stone DMMRT d. Proposed by shrock for a sedimentary rock made up of angular particles more than 2 millinetus in greatest dimension

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

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Spanish

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