A surface separating two beds, usually planar.
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A plane of stratification in natural sedimentary stone.
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A distinct surface of contact between two sedimentary rock layers.
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A surface separating layers of sedimentary rock.
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A surface separating layers of sedimentary rocks and deposits. A bedding plane marks termination of one deposit and beginning of another of different character, such as a surface separating a sandstone bed from an overlying mudstone bed. Rocks tend to breaks or separate along bedding planes.
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A layer in a series of sedimentary beds that marks a change in the type of deposits.
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surface parallel to the surface of a deposition of sediment. In shales, the rocks split along the bedding plane; in some sandstones however, the split is marked by changes in colour and grain size.
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Horizontal plane of sedimentary stone in the position of its original formation.
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A surface parallel to the surface of deposition, which may or may not have a physical expression. The original attitude of a bedding plane should not be assumed to have been horizontal. See also CROSS-BEDDING, SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES.
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Surface separating layers of sedimentary rocks and deposits. Each bedding plane marks termination of one deposit and beginning of another of different character, such as a surface separating a sandstone bed from an overlying mudstone bed. Rock tends to breaks or separate, readily along bedding planes.
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A surface occurring in sedimentary rocks that represent an event that interrupted sedimentation for a time.
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the surface that separates one stratum, layer, or bed of stratified rock from another.
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