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Cross-bedding

Also known as current bedding - where rocks in a bed are arranged at an angle to the main bedding plane.

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cross-bedding
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Also known as current bedding - where rocks in a bed are arranged at an angle to the main bedding plane.

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An arrangement of relatively thin layers of rock inclined at an angle to the more nearly horizontal bedding planes of the larger rock unit. Also referred to as cross-stratification ...

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Sedimentary beds tilted when deposited in the direction the water or wind that built them was moving.

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The arrangement of laminations of strata transverse or oblique to the main planes of stratification.

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Having minor beds or laminae inclined to the main planes of stratification, e.g., crossbedded sandstone.

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Bedding laid down at an angle to the horizontal, as in many sand dunes.

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