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Bilingual glossary of geology


Bedding  Litage
Physical characteristic of certain sedimentary deposits constructed by the successive deposition of beds. Individual beds are bounded by surfaces called bedding planes which mark a depositional hiatus and/or changes depositonal conditions.

Themes:
  Sedimentary rocks

Related words:
  Sedimentary Structures (Depositional, Erosional, Deformational, Biogenic)
  Bed