bedding plane

The definition of a bedding plane is the line separating one layer of compressed rock from the next layer of compressed rock.

(noun)

An example of bedding planes are the lines between the different colors of rock in the Grand Canyon.

See bedding plane in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Geol. the surface separating two successive layers of stratified rock

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