-
parent rock (protolith)
being conglomerate,
rather than clay. The
metaconglomerates of the Jack
Hills of
Western Australia are the
source rocks for much...
-
phyllite and schist,
which occur within the
metagraywackes and
metaconglomerates.
Adjacent to and
south of its summit, thin, southward-dipping, and...
- ankle- to hip-deep.
Metamorphic alteration transforms conglomerate into
metaconglomerate.
Puddingstone Jasper conglomerate Boggs, S. (2006)
Principles of Sedimentology...
-
Zircons in
metaconglomerates from the Jack
Hills in
Australia show
carbon isotopic evidence for
early life....
-
whose protolith is
known to be a
conglomerate will be
described as a
metaconglomerate. For a
metamorphic rock to be
classified in this manner, the protolith...
- is
present as
discontinuous slivers of
metamorphic rocks, pelites,
metaconglomerates and
gneisses caught up
within regional strike-slip
oblique thrust...
- Quartz-pebble
metaconglomerate (Jack
Hills Quartzite), the rock type that
contains Earth's
oldest dated mineral grains (detrital zircon)...
- are a
resistant metamorphized schist, gneisses, metagraywackes, and
metaconglomerates. The
Falls themselves formed during the Last
Glacial Period, about...
-
eastern coast facing Mull are
steeply dipping Neoproterozoic age
metaconglomerates, metasandstones,
metamudstones and
hornfelsed metasiltstones ascribed...
- clay-rich)
Limestone Calc–silicate rock
Mudstone Pelite Siltstone Semi-pelite
Sandstone Psammite,
Quartzite Conglomerate Metaconglomerate Shale Slate...
