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cross-bedded
[ kraws-bed-id, kros- ]
adjective
, Geology.
- having irregular laminations, as strata of sandstone, inclining in various directions not coincident with the general stratification.
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- cross-bedding noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cross-bedded1
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Example Sentences
Beneath them the cross-bedded sandstone appears, showing a mottled surface of pale-pinkish hue.
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While the deposit is thus cross bedded, it constitutes as a whole a stratum whose upper and lower surfaces are about horizontal.
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In sections of river banks one may often see a vertical succession of cross-bedded strata, each built in the way described.
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They are non-fossiliferous, cross-bedded, ripple-marked, and have abundant lenses of conglomerate of all sizes.
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Cross-bedded and ripple-marked features and small lenses of conglomerate are common.
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