| pseudo cross-bedding [`sü·dō `krȯs ´bed·iŋ] GEOLOGY 1. An inclined bedding produced by deposition in response to ripple-mark migration and characterized by foreset beds that appear to dip into the current. 2. A structure resembling cross-bedding, caused by distortion-free slumping and sliding of a semiconsolidated mass of sediments (such as sandy shales). |