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Bedding planes in sedimentary rocks indicate what?
They indicate a depositional event.
What is the best-known feature of sedimentary rocks?
Bedding
Does graded bedding cause landslides?
yes and no. it depends on the type of graded bedding you are talking about.♥sarah
What is the term for an igneous pluton that occurs in an orientation that is discordant with the bedding surfaces of adjacent sedimentary rocks?
it is called a 'dike'
What are the different properties of rocks?
Rocks have a number of properties. A number of these are summarised below.Properties of rocks and rock masses:StrengthStiffnessDensityGrain / crystal sizeGrain shape (angular to rounded)Bedding thicknessJoint spacingPorosityPermeabilityChemical compositionSolubility.
How are bedding planes formed?
as rocks are compressed
What are horizontal cracks in rocks called?
They are called bedding planes
Sedimentary rocks are separated by a lines of weakness what are they called?
Bedding planes.
Bedding planes in sedimentary rocks indicate what?
They indicate a depositional event.
What is the difference between joints and bedding planes?
Bedding planes are found exclusively in sedimentary rock. Joints are more common in igneous rock, but can be found in sedimentary rock as well. Igneous rock can never have bedding planes, but does have pseudo-bedding planes.
What types of rocks ared often arranged in layers?
Sedimentary rocks are the type of rocks that are mostly arranged in layers. The way in which the layers are arranged is commonly called bedding.
What are planar rocks?
Rocks that show bedding or foliation.
What is the difference between a 'bed' and a 'bedding plane'?
The difference is that the layers in a sedimentary rocks are called beds and the place where beds meet are called bedding planes. answer by: Muhammad Shahrukh Khan school: The city school KARACHI GULSHAN CAMPUS PREP II-W
What are the Igneous intrusions injected between horizontal layers known as?
Igneous intrusions that are concordant (parallel to bedding planes of country rocks) are known as sills, whereas dykes cut through the bedding.
Which most likely exhibits well defined bedding planes?
gabbro
What is horizontal bedding?
horizontal bedding is sedimentary rock structure in which layers of rocks lies horizontally.
What is the best-known feature of sedimentary rocks?
Bedding
