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Conglomerate can include much larger clasts of rock.
A sandstone is comprised primarily of small, rounded grains (typically <1mm in diameter) of quartz, feldspars, and other lithic fragments. A conglomerate is comprised of a mixture of larger rounded grains (>2mm diameter) that have been cemeted together and can be made up of a combination of any minerals. The main difference is the grain size; conglomerates can have large clasts and are poorly sorted whereas sandstones are well sorted and contain only small grains.
A conglomerate merger is one between two strategically unrelated firms from which economic benefits is not possible for the bidder or the target. The merger between Walt Disney Company and American Broadcasting Company is a conglomerate merger.
A conglomerate corporation is a corporation made up of a number of different companies that operate in diversified fields while a multinational corporation manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation. They are not precisely relevant to each other as a corporation may be both multinational and conglomerate.
Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock that has rounded pebbles included among its clasts. Gneiss is a high-grade foliate metamorphic rock characterized by alternating light and dark bands. It forms from the metamorphism of granite or schist.
A conglomerate corporation is a corporation made up of a number of different companies that operate in diversified fields while a multinational corporation manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation. They are not precisely relevant to each other as a corporation may be both multinational and conglomerate.
Horizontal integration involves merging or acquiring companies that are in the same industry or provide similar products or services, aiming to expand market share or reduce competition. Conglomerate integration involves merging or acquiring companies that operate in unrelated industries, with the goal of diversifying the business risk and expanding into new markets.
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock formed from the cooling and solidifying of felsic magma at depth within the Earth's crust. Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock formed from pre-existing rock particles which have been transported and deposited, then compacted and cemented together.
Conglomerate rocks can sometimes have spaces between the rocks and other times be filled in with a matrix cement, like concrete. A common place to find conglomerate is near a river. Rivers, because they move at different velocities, are able to transport and deposit rocks of all different sizes.
The difference between breccias and conglomerate is that breccias are angular and conglomerates are smooth. What causes rocks to be smooth is transportation, such as when rocks are in a stream and are worn down. Therefore transportation is what causes the difference between breccias and conglomerates.
Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock. It has pebbles glued in the rock so it looks like a lot of pebbles put together.
These are known as clastic or detrital sedimentary rocks. Depending on the size of the clasts they may be claystones (< 4 micro m), siltstones (grain size between 4 and 64 micro m) or sandstones (grain size between 64 micro m and 2 mm). If formed of angular fragments larger than 2mm in a finer grained matrix, this type of rock is known as a breccia. If the fragments are rounded, and larger than 2mm then it is a conglomerate.