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Cornstone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

J. R. L. Allen
J. R. L. Allen
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Department of Geology, The University, Reading.
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Abstract

Two dissimilar rocks have been confused under the title “cornstone”: one is a concretionary limestone, the other a calcareous conglomerate. A return to the names “concretionary cornstone” and “conglomeratic cornstone” is advocated since the rocks differ in their significance. Conglomeratic cornstones, intra-formational in character, point to sudden increases in current activity. Concretionary cornstones suggest declines in the supplies of clastic detritus.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 97 , Issue 1 , February 1960 , pp. 43 - 48
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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