sedimentary breccia

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sedimentary breccia [¦sed·ə¦men·trē ′brech·ə]

(petrology)

A rock composed of fragments that are larger than 2 millimeters in diameter and are the result of sedimentary processes; characterized by imperfect mechanical sorting of its materials and by a higher concentration of fragments from one local source or by a wide variety of materials mixed together in no particular pattern. Also known as sharpstone conglomerate.

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No references found			The College Hill deposit is a laminated BIF with considerable disturbed bedding having associated siltstones and flat-pebble sedimentary breccia cemented by specular hematite. Geology & geophysics senior section by Nold, John / Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science			Sedgwick County Sedgwick, Adam Sedgwick, Catherine Maria Sedgwick, Ellery Sedgwick, John Sedgwick, Theodore Sediakin, Aleksandr Sediakin, Aleksandr Ignatevich sedifluction sedile sediment sediment bulb sediment charge sediment concentration sediment corer sediment discharge sediment discharge rating sediment load sediment station sediment trap sediment vein sediment yield sediment-delivery ratio sediment-production rate sediment-transport rate sedimentary breccia sedimentary cycle Sedimentary Deposits sedimentary differentiation sedimentary dike sedimentary facies sedimentary injection sedimentary insertion sedimentary intrusion sedimentary laccolith sedimentary lag Sedimentary Mantle sedimentary petrography sedimentary petrology sedimentary quartzite sedimentary rock Sedimentary Rocks sedimentary structure sedimentary tectonics sedimentary trap sedimentary tuff sedimentary volcanism Sedimentation Sedimentation Analysis sedimentation balance sedimentation basin			Sediment Oxygen Demand Sediment Quality Criteria Sediment Quality Guideline Sediment Quality Remediation Objectives Sediment Quality Standards Sediment Quality Triad Approach Sediment Quality value Sediment Regime Sediment Retention Structure Sediment Source Control Standards User Manual sediment station Sediment transport Sediment transport Sediment transport Sediment transport Sediment Transport and Boundary Layer Equipment Sediment Transport Modelling in Marine Coastal Environments Sediment trap sediment vein sediment yield sediment-delivery ratio sediment-production rate sediment-transport rate Sedimentable Mineral Organic Detritus sedimental sedimentary sedimentary Sedimentary and Geochemical Processes Panel sedimentary breccia sedimentary clay sedimentary cycle Sedimentary Deposits sedimentary differentiation sedimentary dike Sedimentary Exhalative Sedimentary Facies Sedimentary geology Sedimentary geology sedimentary injection sedimentary insertion sedimentary intrusion sedimentary laccolith sedimentary lag Sedimentary Mantle Sedimentary Organic Carbon sedimentary petrography sedimentary petrology sedimentary quartzite sedimentary rock sedimentary rock sedimentary rock sedimentary rock Sedimentary Rock-Hosted Disseminated Gold Sedimentary rocks Sedimentary rocks Sedimentary soil Sedimentary soil Sedimentary soil Sedimentary soil

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