consolidated rocks

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• Rudite — is any sedimentary clastic rock with a grain size exceeding 2 mm (0.08 in) [ [http://www.outreach.canterbury.ac.nz/resources/geology/page11.shtml Definition of rudite ] Accessed on January 1, 2008] such as conglomerates and breccias.The term is… …   Wikipedia

• metamorphism — GLOSSARY OF VOLCANIC TERMS In the stricktest sense (isochemical metamorphism), the process by which consolidated rocks undergo textural and mineralogical changes brought about by changes in temperature and/or pressure. The textural and/or… …   Glossary of volcanic terms

• coral rock — consolidated material, greater than 3 cm in diameter, made of fragments of dead coral and which may include cemented sand, coralline algae and sedimentary rocks, Used in the aquarium trade. See also live rock …   Dictionary of ichthyology