cross-bedded
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As the uplift continues, the cherty limestone and possibly the cross-bedded sandstone are both cut through, as the plateau slowly emerges.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by James, George Wharton
Picture a great, overhanging wall at the very bottom of the cross-bedded sandstone, from twelve to fifty and more feet high, the recess being perhaps thirty or forty feet back.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by James, George Wharton
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 Douglas, Charles L.
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 Norton, William Harmon
The trail is very pleasant here, springs of excellent water coming out from under the cross-bedded sandstone and trees of considerable size shadowing the way.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by James, George Wharton
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