Foreset beds are the inclined layers formed as a series of dipping beds. The angle of dip is dependent on the depositional environment: current speed and volume, turbulence, and quantity of clastic material. The coarser material is dumped first so that the grain size usually increases upward.
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Section through a lake delta Leet, L. D., S. Judson, and M. E. Kauffman.
Physical Geology.
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