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cross bedding

n
(Geological Science) geology layering within one or more beds in a series of rock strata that does not run parallel to the plane of stratification. Also called: false bedding
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Another common geologic feature is known as cross bedding. It consists of thin, zigzagged layers of sand formed inside ancient sand dunes.
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Trough cross bedding are common in sandstone but at places horizontal bedding are also present.
Joints/Fractures analyses of Shinawah area, District Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
The top of the conglomeratic section, with a thickness of about 125-130 m is characterised by levels showing different types of middle and small scale cross bedding (Fig.
Late Palaeozoic lithostratigraphy of the Andean Precordillera revisited (San Juan Province, Argentina)
A broad range of sedimentary structures are recognised, including different forms of bedding, cross bedding, ripple forms, ripple stratification, channels, flute casts, load casts, desiccation cracks, rain imprints, cone-in-cone structures, a variety of concretions and bioturbation (Ghazi, 2009).
WELL LOG STUDY AND PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE EARLY PERMIAN WARCHHA SANDSTONE, POTWAR BASIN, PAKISTAN
The facies are thin to medium beds and represent planar cross bedding (Fig.
Biostratigraphy, depositional environment and sequence stratigraphy of Late Cretaceous clastic-evaporite-carbonate deposits, east of Central Iran, Bajestan
Sandstone beds are mainly composed of quartz grains and display large-scale cross bedding. Tilting is 65[degrees] to 70[degrees] in the lowermost alternation, but gradually decreases to 30[degrees] in the uppermost one.
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