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

This was not unlike the cross-bedded sandstone in colour, but lacked its warmth and richness of tint.

From Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico by Kolb, E. L. (Ellsworth Leonardson)

When about a mile down, the separation line between the cross-bedded sandstone and the upper red sandstone is clearly revealed to the left of the trail.

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

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 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