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As the channel fills with this conglomeratic material, the stream is deflected around it.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

The rocks of these areas consist of red sandstones, sometimes shaly or conglomeratic, occasionally with beds of impure limestone.

From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne

The character of the matrix of the deposits varies from a homogeneous clay to clay interrupted by layers of soft, limey, conglomeratic rock, to a hard, well-cemented, calcareous conglomerate.

From Two New Pelycosaurs from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma by Fox, Richard C.

The sea grew shallow, the deposits became conglomeratic and shaly, volcanic eruptions began, and the present folds of the Apennines were initiated.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

Some portions of this Alpine Eocene are coarsely conglomeratic, and in places there are boulders of 663 non-local rocks of enormous dimensions included in the argillaceous or sandy matrix.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various