bedding plane
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Noun edit
bedding plane (plural bedding planes)
- (geology) The planar surface between adjacent strata
- 1940, William Plotts, Isogeotherm, Or Monist Theory of Stratified Mineral Occurrence and Origin, page 7:
- Coal and petroleum do not occur hap-hazard in nature, but the aggregate occurrence of each product in any region forms a definite, limited horizon, which, in its continuance, is independent of the bedding plane.
Translations edit
geology: the planar surface between adjacent strata
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