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Glossary:Bedding plane

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Surface separating layers in a sandstone. Usually bedding planes mark the transition of the particle transport event. An accumulation of minerals or other materials laid down at the time of rock deposition or generated by reworking, that may create significant vertical permeability barriers in a sedimentary rock.