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graded bedding

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graded bedding

Sedimentary feature in which the sedimentary layer shows a gradual change in particle size, usually coarse at the bottom to fine at the top. It is useful for determining which way was up at the time the bed was deposited.
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However, occasionally graded bedding is observed in metapelites.
Svecofennian metamorphic zones in the basement of Estonia/Eesti ... by Puura, Vaino; Hints, Rutt; Huhma, Hannu; Klein, Vello; Konsa, Mare; Kuldkepp, Reedik; Manttari, Irme / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
The matrix material is heterogeneous and fluvial sedimentary in origin, finely clastic with moderate clay content, and with local expressions of graded bedding in limestone cavities.
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between beds 6 and 7, is marked by a distinct, strongly pyritized discontinuity surface overlain by bed 7 of skeletal grainstone with graded bedding.
Chitinozoan biostratigraphy and lithological characteristics of the ... by Nestor, Viiu; Einasto, Rein; Loydell, David K. / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
 
 
 
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