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crossbedded

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cross-bed⋅ded

[kraws-bed-id, kros-]
–adjective Geology.
having irregular laminations, as strata of sandstone, inclining in various directions not coincident with the general stratification.

Origin:
cross- + bedded (see bed, -ed 2 )


cross-bedding, noun
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