Cross-bedding
（重定向自Cross bedding）
![Crossbedding of sandstone near Mt. Carmel road, Zion Canyon, indicating wind action and sand dune formation had occurred prior to formation of the rock.](/Images/godic/202501/07/Amer0038_-_Flickr_-_NOAA_Photo_Library5510.jpg")
![Cross-bedding in a sandstone dome in the Canyons of the Escalante.](/Images/godic/202501/07/DryForkDome5510.jpg")
![Sand dune cross-beds can be large, such as in the Jurassic-age erg deposits of the Navajo Sandstone in Canyonlands National Park.](/Images/godic/202501/07/Outcrop_of_Navajo_Sandstone_on_the_Island_in_the_Sky_District_of_Canyonlands,_June_20055511.jpg")
![Formation of cross-stratification](/Images/godic/202501/07/Formation_of_cross-stratification5511.png")
In geology, the sedimentary structures known as cross-bedding are the (near-) horizontal units that are internally composed of inclined layers. This is a case in geology in which the original depositional layering is tilted, and the tilting is not a result of post-depositional deformation. Cross-beds or "sets" are the groups of inclined layers, and the inclined layers are known as cross strata.