bedding plane

English

Noun

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

geology: the planar surface between adjacent strata

Irish: plána cisealúcháin m, cisealchlár m
Spanish: plano de estratificación m

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