Definition of Conglomerates

1. Noun. (plural of conglomerate) ¹

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Definition of Conglomerates

1. conglomerate [v] - See also: conglomerate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conglomerates

conglaciations
conglobate
conglobated
conglobates
conglobating
conglobation
conglobations
conglobe
conglobed
conglobes
conglobing
conglobulate
conglobulation
conglomerate
conglomerated
conglomerates (current term)
conglomerateur
conglomerateurs
conglomeratic
conglomerating
conglomeration
conglomerations
conglomerative
conglomerator
conglomerators
conglutin
conglutinant
conglutinate
conglutinated
conglutinates

Literary usage of Conglomerates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1896)
"On some Cruth-conglomerates in Anglesey. K>j Sir ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, FR8. The important observations made by Mr. Lamplugh among the ' crush- conglomerates ..."

2. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1913)
"FA Hatch, The conglomerates of the Witwatersrand. Types of ore deposits, ... RB Young, Notes on the auriferous conglomerates, etc., Trans., Geol. Soc. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1902)
"On certain conglomerates near Sydenham. BY TS HART, MA, FGS (With Plate IX.). [Read 9th April, 1903.]. Among the older rocks exposed along the deep valleys ..."

4. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1907)
"A critical examination was therefore made of the published descriptions of conglomerates in many parts of the world and belonging to many geological ages, ..."

5. The Mineral Industry (1899)
"Situated immediately south and west of Boston, conglomerates occupy a considerable area and have been ... About 1840 the coarse conglomerates situated in ..."

6. General Economic Geology: A Textbook by William Harvey Emmons (1922)
"The auriferous conglomerates of Witwatersrand, Transvaal, South Africa,1 which are the most productive gold deposits of the world, ..."

7. German Orthography and Phonology: A Treatise with a Word-list by George Hempl (1897)
"(«) conglomerates as Compounds 345. 1) Sometimes a word that is clearly a ... 2) Of course, conglomerates are subject to transferrence of stress (§ 303) and ..."

8. Bulletin by Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, Marcus Baker, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, United States Geographic Board (1890)
"Distribution of conglomerates and Breccias. Several varieties of these rocks are found, most ot which are not now in their proper geological horizon, ..."

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