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Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES

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SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES  

DEFINITION

  • Sediments arranged in a definite pattern of organizations.Such as cross-bedding produced by migration of water ripples and dunes, graded bedding, a decrease in grain sizes going up in the bed that indicates diminishing force with time, etc.

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/282ea985-efd0-4113-860d-b8221f6cc6f2

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