Sharon Conglomerate
The Sharon Conglomerate is a geologic formation of early Pennsylvanian age in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Maryland, in the United States. It is dominantly conglomerate and quartzarenite sandstone. In places it is abundantly crossbedded. The Sharon Conglomerate is generally considered a Member of the Pottsville Formation in Pennsylvania and Maryland,Lyons, P.C., Jacobsen, E.F., and Scott, B.K., 1985. ''Coal geology of the Castleman coal field, Garrett County, Maryland'', U.S. Geological Survey, Coal Investigations Map C-98. Scale: 1:24,000link but it is a Formation in Ohio. Exposures The Sharon conglomerate has no formal type section,
National Geologic Map Database, Geologic Unit: Sharon although it is named after the town of

Sedimentary Rock
Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation. Sedimentation is the collective name for processes that cause these particles to settle in place. The particles that form a sedimentary rock are called sediment, and may be composed of geological detritus (minerals) or biological detritus (organic matter). The geological detritus originated from weathering and erosion of existing rocks, or from the solidification of molten lava blobs erupted by volcanoes. The geological detritus is transported to the place of deposition by water, wind, ice or mass movement, which are called agents of denudation. Biological detritus was formed by bodies and parts (mainly shells) of dead aquatic organisms, as well as their fecal mass, suspended in water and slowly piling up on the floor of water bodies (marine snow). Sedimentation may also occur as dissolved minerals precipitate from ...
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