bedding plane
bedding plane
Definition
bedding plane
noun
Geol. the surface separating two successive layers of stratified rock
bedding plane
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- choke: A choked bedding plane leads off from here at -1 m depth and this could possibly be dug.
Adjective modifier
- low: Back in the main passage, a low gravelly bedding plane, oval in section, leads out of the chamber.
- wide: To the right of the chamber above a large block leads to a very wide bedding plane which is choked after 40m.
- impenetrable: The showerbath was scaled only to find that the water issued from an impenetrable bedding plane.
Modifies a noun
- passage: Follow the bedding plane passage leading off from here, to the right.
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