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Whats the difference in graded bedding and cross bedding?
Surfaces between layers of sediments (bedding planes) are usually deposited in horizontal sheets, but cross-bedding is inclined. Graded beds are horizontal and are usually sorted from coarse at the...
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What is planar bedding and cross bedding?
In planer bedding Surfaces are without cross lines, but cross-bedding is inclined.
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What is graded bedding?
Graded bedding is a sediment deposit characterized by coarse sediments at its base, which grade upward into progressively finer ones. Graded beds generally represent depositional environments which...
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How does graded bedding form?
Because of the tendency of larger particles to be deposited more rapidly, the deceleration of a flow carrying a range of grain-sizes in suspension may lead to the deposition of a graded bed.
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Does graded bedding cause landslides?
yes and no. it depends on the type of graded bedding you are talking about.♥sarah