cross-bedded
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The lower is the cross-bedded sandstone, and the upper the cherty limestone.
From The Grand Canyon of Arizona; how to see it by James, George Wharton
Coarse cross-bedded sandstones record the action of strong shifting currents which spread coarse waste near shore and winnowed it of finer stuff.
From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon
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 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 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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