An outcrop of conglomerate rock on the floor of Gale Crater made ... (Credit: NASA) "This rock is made up of rounded gravels in a matrix that's very sand rich," Rebecca Williams of the Planetary ...

Photos from the Curiosity rover have revealed several different rocky outcrops that contain stones cemented into a layer of conglomerate rock. Some of these stones are rounded and large ...

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Scientists are studying the images of stones cemented into a layer of conglomerate rock. The sizes and shapes ... sitting uphill of the new finds. The rounded shape of some stones in the ...

The robot has returned pictures of classic conglomerates - rocks that are made up of gravels and sand. Scientists on the mission team say the size and rounded shape of the pebbles in the rock ...

The rock is known as a conglomerate since it contains large rounded quartz pebbles. Known as the Hellam Conglomerate, the rock is a member of the Chickies Formation dating back to the earliest ...

A career geologist and longtime Denver resident, Longman knew it to be conglomerate rock populating the park near Franktown. He knew the rock at Castlewood to be the same, 34-million-year-old rock ...

Just a short drive away from Ellicottville and ski resort Holiday Valley lies Little Rock City, a conglomerate of rocks that are as unique as their history. The flat, 3/4 mile trail is an easy ...