Biogenic Graded Bedding: A regular change of sediment median grain size with depth below the sediment-water interface caused by the activities of burrowing organisms

 

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Biogenic Graded Bedding: A regular change of sediment median grain size with depth below the sediment-water interface caused by the activities of burrowing organisms

Graded Stream: A stream whose smooth profile is unbroken by resistant ledges, lakes, or waterfalls, and which maintains exactly the velocity required to carry the sediment provided to it.

Graded Vesting: A schedule used for vesting purposes, in which the vesting occurs over a period of five to 15 years.

Graded Bedding: A rock layer that has a progressive change in particle size from top to bottom. Most common is a sequence with coarse grains at the bottom and fining upwards, which is typically caused by a . . . View Full Definition

Graded Wash: A wash that smoothly changes in value from dark to light. Most noted in landscape painting for open sky work, but an essential skill for watercolour painting in general.

Featherbedding: An unfair labor practice occurring when a union requires an employer to pay an employee for services he or she did not perform.

Bedding Plane: A distinct surface of contact between two sedimentary rock layers.

Biogenically Reworked Zone: The depth zone, within a sediment, that is actively burrowed by benthic organisms

Bedding: The characteristic structure of sedimentary rocks in which layers of different composition, grain size or arrangement are stacked one on top of another in a sequence with oldest at the botto . . . View Full Definition