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 ( bed, -ed ² )

Example Sentences

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

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

In climbing back, my eye, now sharpened by my geologic reading, dwelt frequently and long upon the horizon where that cross-bedded Carboniferous sandstone joins the Carboniferous limestone above it.

From Time and Change by Burroughs, John

It is a gracefully domed temple in the cross-bedded sandstone, and clearly reveals its five hundred feet superior height over Horus.

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

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