| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Administration | Heterogeneous materials that were originally deposited in an Alluvial Fan but since deposition have been cemented into solid rock. (references) | ||
| Mining | A sedimentary rock consisting of slightly waterworn, heterogeneous fragments of all sizes, deposited in an alluvial fan and later cemented into a firm rock; it is characterized by persistence parallel to the depositional strike and by rapid thinning downdip. (references) | ||
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