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Surface · Top of a bed

Raindrop impressions

Small circular pits on a bedding surface.

How it forms
Raindrops striking exposed, soft sediment.
Typical setting
Exposed (subaerial) sediment
Way up
Not a way-up indicator
Flow direction
No.

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Sources

Wikipedia: Sedimentary structures