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Prodelta

Synonym

Bottom set bed

Depth of water

Continental shelf

Circumstances

The ocean floors beyond the delta front, where floating sediments such as silt deposit.

Sedimentary facies (Sediments)

Massive silt and sandy silt. Upward-coarsening units from silt to sandy silt.

Sedimentary facies (Structures)

Sediments subjected to strong bioturbation.

Sedimentary systems

Components of ocean-river boundary systems

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