bedding planes

bedding planes
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  • bedding-plane cave —    1. Bedding planes are widespread and very significant features within most carbonate rocks, and cave passages are commonly guided by them. Their structure, their distribution and the chemical contrasts that some bedding planes provide may be… …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

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  • Bed (geology) — In geology a bed is the smallest division of a geologic formation or stratigraphic rock series marked by well defined divisional planes (bedding planes) separating it from layers above and below. A bed is the smallest lithostratigraphic unit,… …   Wikipedia

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