bedding plane

English

Noun

bedding plane (plural bedding planes)

1. (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