- In geology,
cross-
bedding, also
known as
cross-stratification, is
layering within a
stratum and at an
angle to the main
bedding plane. The sedimentary...
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meters or
multiple meters thick.
Sedimentary structures such as
cross-
bedding,
graded bedding, and
ripple marks are
utilized in
stratigraphic studies. They...
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Bedding, also
called bedclothes or bed linen, is the
materials laid
above the
mattress of a bed for hygiene, warmth,
protection of the mattress, and decorative...
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structure called cross-
bedding.
Cross-
bedding is
characteristic of
deposition by a
flowing medium (wind or water). The
opposite of
cross-
bedding is parallel...
-
following bed. In
cross sections,
bedding surfaces or
planes are
often called bedding contacts.
Within conformable successions, each
bedding surface acted...
- surface;
cross-
bedding, etc.
Unconformities -
Clear angular unconformities provide unequivocal evidence of the
relative age of two rock sequences.
Cross-bedding...
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heterolithic bedding are flaser, wavy, and lenticular.
Starved ripples and
cross bedding with
flasers can also be
considered forms of
heterolithic bedding. Differentiating...
- Flow Regime.
Ripple cross-laminae
forms when
deposition takes place during migration of
current or wave ripples. A
series of
cross-laminae are produced...
- slow-moving streams,
ponds and
large lakes.
Evidence for this is in
cross-
bedding of the
sediments and
large numbers of fish fossils. The
upper member...
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types of
sedimentary structures, such as
tabular and
trough cross-
bedding and
graded bedding.
Fanglomerates are
poorly sorted, matrix-rich conglomerates...
