| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bedding plane | Administration | A separation or weakness between two layers of rock, caused by changes during the building up of the rock-forming material. (references) | |
| Bedding plane | Environment | The surface between two contiguous layers of rock. (references) | |
| Bedding plane | Geography | Planar or nearly planar bedding surface that visibly separates each successive layer of stratified rock, of the same or different lithology, from the preceding or following layer; it often marks a change in the circumstances of deposition and may show a parting, a color difference or both. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Bedding plane | Mining | 1: A. In sedimentary or stratified rocks, a surface that separates each layer from those above or below it. It usually records a change in depositional circumstances by grain size, composition, color, or other features. The rock may tend to split or break readily along bedding planes. See also: plane b. Surface on which rock-forming mineral has been deposited. Syn: bedding c. A separation or weakness between two layers of rock caused by changes during the building up of the rock-forming material. See also: bed joint. (references) | |
| 2: In sedimentary or stratified rocks, the division planes that separate the individual layers, beds or strata. Source: European Union. (references) | |||
| Bedding Plane | Transportation | Generally caused by an interruption of deposition, an inflow of sediment, or uplifting and erosion. Some bedding planes are more easily dissolved or eroded than others because they are more porous. (references) | |
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