miniatura|Unha sección puída de pudinga de Hertfordshire. As pudingas son un tipo de conglomerado formado por croios caracteristicamente redondeados cuxa cor adoita contrastar coa matriz de gran fino que os rodea, xeralmente areosa, e co cemento. Os croios redondeados de cor contrastada dánlle a este tipo de conglomerados a aparencia de uvas ou pudin.Neuendorf, K.E.K., J.P. Mehl, Jr., and J.A. Jackson (2005) Glossary of Geology. Springer-Verlag, Nova York, 779 pp., The McGraw-Hill Companies (2003) McGraw-Hill dictionary of geology and mineralogy, 2nd ed. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc, New York, 420 pp., Hai diferentes tipos de pudingas, con diferenzas en composición, orixe e distribución xeográfica. Exemplos de pudingas de diferentes tipos son as pudingas de Hertfordshire, Schunemunk, Roxbury e illa de St. Joseph (illa Drummond).
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Ligazóns externas Anónimo (nd) Hertfordshire Puddingstone., East Herts Rock Club, Ware, Inglaterra. Kelley, J.G., (2009) Drummond Island Puddingstone. Drummond Island Tourism Association, Drummond Island, Míchigan. Share, J. (2011a) Architectural Geology of Boston: The Roxbury Conglomerate (Puddingstone) Part I – The Tectonic Evolution and Journey of Avalonia. Written In Stone...seen through my lens. Share, J. (2011a) Architectural Geology of Boston: The Roxbury Conglomerate (Puddingstone) Part II - Quarries and Building Stone. Written In Stone...seen through my lens. Tubb, J. (2009) Ancient Quarrying of Rare in situ Palaeogene Hertfordshire Puddingstone (Lovell and Tubb Mercian Geologist August 2006). An update. East Herts Rock Club, Ware, Inglatera.
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