cross-bedded

American  

[kraws-bed-id, kros-] / ˈkrɔsˈbɛd ɪd, ˈkrɒs- /

adjective

Geology.

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

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Other Word Forms

• cross-bedding
  noun

Etymology

Origin of cross-bedded

cross- + bedded ( see bed, -ed ²)

Example Sentences

In sections of river banks one may often see a vertical succession of cross-bedded strata, each built in the way described.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

When about a mile down, the separation line between the cross-bedded sandstone and the upper red sandstone is clearly revealed to the left of the trail.

From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by James, George Wharton

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 James, George Wharton

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 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