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basal conglomerate

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basal conglomerate [′bā·səl kən′gläm·ə·rət]
(geology)
A coarse gravelly sandstone or conglomerate forming the lowest member of a series of related strata which lie unconformably on older rocks; records the encroachment of the seabeach on dry land.


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In the old Rio Algom drill logs, there was only a suggestion of this new Basal Conglomerate Bed and the potentially higher grades, but nothing close to the type of grades they're now seeing, said Shefsky.
1989) described a new specimen from the basal conglomerate of the Ulgase Formation at Ulgase Village near Tallinn.
The Browns Park Formation is divided into two distinct lithologies: a basal conglomerate member and overlying sandstone member, each of which host uranium deposits.
 
 
 
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