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- In geology, cross-bedding, also known as cross-stratification, is layering within a stratum and at an angle to the main bedding plane. The sedimentary...
- the Grand Canyon at Horseshoe Bend. This sandstone is notable for its crossbedding and iron concretions. It is likely that the Colorado River will eventually...
- environments, such as the Bahama platform, and oolites typically show crossbedding and other features ****ociated with deposition in strong currents. Oncoliths...
- Sandstone. The Kaibab formation also forms the rim of the Grand Canyon. Crossbedding is present in the Coconino Sandstone. The Walnut Canyon site contains...
- to pale yellow-orange, fine-grained sandstone. It contains areas of crossbedding and local shale members. It contains large (up to 15 feet in diameter)...
- topset beds. This three-part structure may be seen on small scale by crossbedding. The bottomset beds are created from the lightest suspended particles...
- conglomerate and quartzarenite sandstone. In places it is abundantly crossbedded. The Sharon Conglomerate is generally considered a Member of the Pottsville...
- within the group are up to 500 meters (1,600 ft) thick. Study of the crossbedding shows that sediments were deposited by a clockwise atmospheric cell....
- Entrada Sandstone: Crossbedded rock layers formed within the Entrada Sandstone that make up Arches National Park...
- may be m****ive (without stratification) or stratified, and may contain crossbedding. The Pensauken was initially described by Rollin D. Salisbury as the...