Meanings
nounbedding plane (plural bedding planes)
plural bedding planes
- geographyThe planar surface between adjacent strata
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.
1940, William Plotts, Isogeotherm, Or Monist Theory of Stratified Mineral Occurrence and Origin, page 7
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Irish plána cisealúcháin, cisealchlár
- plána cisealúcháingeology: the planar surface between adjacent strata
- cisealchlárgeology: the planar surface between adjacent strata
Polish płaszczyzna uwarstwienia
- płaszczyzna uwarstwieniageology: the planar surface between adjacent strata
Spanish plano de estratificación
- plano de estratificacióngeology: the planar surface between adjacent strata
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bedding plane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedding%20plane
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“bedding plane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedding%20plane. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedding plane,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedding%20plane.
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