Debris from old glaciers
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AMNH/R.Mickens
The broken-up rock fragments in this conglomerate from the Gowganda formation are not in contact with one another. This indicates that they were released by melting ice that was tumbling from a glacier’s front, and sank into sands in the water below.
AMNH collection