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
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
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 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
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
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