• Landform
  • Underground landform

bedding-plane cave

1.

bedding-plane cave - a cavity developed along a bedding-plane and elongate in cross-section as a result.

Gillieson, 1996

2.

bedding-plane cave : A passage formed along a bedding plane, especially when there is a difference in susceptibility to corrosion in the two beds.

Monroe, 1970

3.

The term bedding-plane cave is strictly applied to a passage that has not enlarged by growth into a major tube or canyon, but has remained almost entirely on the bedding plane.

N.N.

CAUSE especially when there is a difference in susceptibility to corrosion in the two beds
FORM elongate in cross-section
not enlarged by growth into a major tube or canyon
LOCATION developed along a bedding-plane
formed along a bedding plane
has remained almost entirely on the bedding plane