what kind of bedding characterizes a ripple or a dune?

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Cross-bedding – Wikipedia

Cross-bedding – Wikipedia

Cross-bedding forms during deposition on the inclined surfaces of bedforms such as ripples and dunes; it indicates that the depositional environment contained a flowing medium (typically water or wind). Examples of these bedforms are ripples, dunes, anti-dunes, sand waves, hummocks, bars, and delta slopes.

Bedforms: ripples and dunes – Geology is the Way

Bedforms: ripples and dunes – Geology is the Way

In geology there are several types of ripples: centimeter-scale ripples or ripple marks, megaripples, which are higher than 5 cm and several meters wide, and …

Sedimentary Structures

Sedimentary Structures

When cross-bedding forms, sand is transported as sand-dune like bodies (sandwave), in which sediment is moved up and eroded along a gentle upcurrent slope, …

6.16: Sedimentary Structures Preserved in Bedding

6.16: Sedimentary Structures Preserved in Bedding

Anyone who has been to the beach or a sand dune area have seen ripple marks created by the movement of sand under the influence of wind or water …

1.4: 4. Bedforms – Geosciences LibreTexts

1.4: 4. Bedforms – Geosciences LibreTexts

Very fine sand and silt are very easy to transport and erode. They form nice ripples, but do not form dunes when transported by water. Instead, …

Chapter 4: Sedimentary Structures – The Story of Earth

Chapter 4: Sedimentary Structures – The Story of Earth

Cross-Bedding … The top layer of a ripple or dune is not always preserved in the rock record, so it is rare to find ripples like those seen in Figures 4.3 and …

6.4 Sedimentary Structures and Fossils … – BC Open Textbooks

6.4 Sedimentary Structures and Fossils … – BC Open Textbooks

Ripples, which are associated with the formation of cross-bedding, may be preserved on the surfaces of sedimentary beds. Ripples can also help to determine flow …

6.4 Sedimentary Structures and Fossils – Physical Geology

6.4 Sedimentary Structures and Fossils – Physical Geology

Ripples , which are associated with the formation of cross-bedding, may be preserved on the surfaces of sedimentary beds. Ripples can also help to determine …

Sedimentary structures I – UMD Geology

Sedimentary structures I – UMD Geology

Bedforms · Bedforms generated by unidirections currents · Ripples: · Bedform deposition and erosion: · Plane bed deposition: · Antidunes: · Upper plane bed:.

Crossbedding

Crossbedding

Cross bedding forms on a sloping surface such as ripple marks and dunes, and allows us to interpret that the depositional environment was water or wind.