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    Upper shoreface refers to the portion of the seafloor that is shallow enough to be agitated by everyday wave action, the wave base. Below that is the...
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  • Shoreface may refer to: The upper shoreface of a seafloor The lower shoreface of a seafloor This set index article includes a list of related items that...
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    in upper shoreface deposits in the geologic record. Middle shoreface The middle shoreface is located in the upper shoreface. The middle shoreface is strongly...
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    a zone not disturbed by any surface wave. (e.g. ) Upper shoreface — above wave base Lower shoreface — below wave base Airy wave theory Dispersion (water...
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    sedimentary structure form described as hummocky cross-stratification. Upper shoreface Sedimentary structures R. G. Dean and R. A. Dalrymple (1991). Water...
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    clay (elsewhere) Upper shoreface – Portion of the seafloor that is shallow enough to be agitated by everyday wave action Lower shoreface – Part of the seafloor...
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    depositional environments that produce quartz arenites are beaches/upper shoreface and aeolian processes. Arkose – Type of sandstone containing at least...
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  • Tamayama Formation (category Upper Cretaceous Series of Asia)
    formation consists of braided river sandstone, while the upper portion consists of upper shoreface to inner shelf sandstone. Vertebrate taxa from the formation...
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    be beach sand, high water energy marine upper shoreface sand, intermediate water energy marine lower shoreface sand, and deeper low energy marine silt...
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    between the upper and lower shoreface, hypothesising that sediment is eroded from the lower shoreface and transported to the upper shoreface to maintain...
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