cross-bedded

[ kraws-bed-id, kros- ]

adjective

, Geology.

1. having irregular laminations, as strata of sandstone, inclining in various directions not coincident with the general stratification.

Other Words From

• cross-bedding noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cross-bedded¹

cross- + bedded ( bed, -ed ² )

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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