cross-bedded
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Just above, and farther to the left, is a peculiar temple, resting upon sloping taluses of the red strata beneath, its cap formed of alone, narrow ridge of cross-bedded sandstone.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by George Wharton James
They are separated by heavy deposits of well-rounded, cross-bedded gravels and sands, similar to those spread at the present time by the intermittent streams of arid regions.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
On going down the Bright Angel Trail, one cannot fail to see, as he passes the tap of the cross-bedded sandstone, the break in the strata.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by George Wharton James
The Mesa Verde land mass is composed of cross-bedded sandstone strata laid down by Upper Cretaceous seas.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Charles L. Douglas
The chief object is an almost detached mountain, crowned with irregular cross-bedded layers of white sandstone.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by George Wharton James
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