Multiple Choice
What is meant by graded bedding?
A) Particle sizes in a single, sedimentary bed change from pebbles and coarse sands at the base to silt and mud at the top.
B) Muddy and silty strata grade upward into sandy and pebbly strata.
C) Strata have the same thicknesses and bedding contacts are smooth and flat.
D) Thin, laminated, storm-beds slope gently back towards the land.
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