fanglomeraten.
Geol.
A rock consisting of comparatively erosion-resistant fragments of various sizes deposited in an alluvial fan and consolidated into a solid mass.
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1912 A. C. Lawson in Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. XXIII. 72 (heading) Fanglomerate, a detrital rock at Battle Mountain, Nevada.
1933 Geogr. Jrnl. 81 156 The gravel was then consolidated into conglomerates and fanglomerates.
1957 F. J. Pettijohn Sedimentary Rocks (ed. 2) xiii. 630 This facies appears to consist of fanglomerates deposited near the boundary fault scarps and of channels, floodplains, and swamp deposits in the more remote areas.
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