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Sand dune cross-beds can be large, such as in the Jurassic-age erg deposits of Navajo Sandstone in Canyonlands National Park. Aztec Butte shown here Formation of cross-stratification Schematic of eolian cross-bedding Close up of cross-bedding and scour, Logan Formation, Ohio Tabular cross-bedding in the Navajo Sandstone in Zion National Park Tabular cross-bedding in the South Bar Formation in ...
These structures are within sedimentary bedding and can help with the interpretation of depositional environment and paleocurrent directions. They are formed when the sediment is deposited. Cross-bedding Cross-bedding is the layering of beds deposited by wind or water inclined at an angle as much as 35° from the horizontal. [1]
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Wavy bedding occurs when mud is deposited over the whole area of a bed of rippled and/or cross stratified sand. It usually loosely follows the alternating concave-convex nature of the ripples creating a wavy appearance. In wavy bedding the ripples are laterally discontinuous. Wavy bedding marks the boundary between flaser and lenticular bedding ...
A number of cross-bedding patterns are found in sediments, and reflect the currents that deposited them. Subcategories. This category has only the following ...
A bedding surface is three-dimensional surface, planar or curved, that visibly separates each successive bed (of the same or different lithology) from the preceding or following bed. Where bedding surfaces occur as cross-sections, e.g., in a 2-dimensional vertical cliff face of horizontal strata, are often referred to as bedding contacts .
Bedding may be irregular but is almost always present, and cross-bedding is common. [5] There are various cases where inland dunes have developed next to eskers after deglaciation. [7] These dunes are often found in the leeward side of eskers, if the esker is not oriented parallel to prevailing winds. [7]
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