Eolian dune
Depth of water
(Land) - Limits of storm waves
Circumstances
Sands and gravels are well sorted by strong winds at seahores.
Sedimentary facies (Sediments)
Sands and gravels graded well. Sand beds having clear laminations. Little mud is included. Ventifacts are formed as the surfaces of gravels are grinded by sands blowed by strong winds.
Sedimentary facies (Structures)
Cross -stratifications.
Facies fossils
No traces of living things.
Sedimentary systems
Components of shallow marine systems
- Beach ridge
- Interbarnal lowland (Ridge)
- Eolian dune
- Interdune lowland
- Salt marsh
- Backshore
- Foreshore
- Tidal flat
- Tidal channel
- Beach rock
- Lagoon
- Flood tidal delta
- Washover fan
- Upper shoreface
- Barrier island
- Sand spit, Longshore bar
- Ebb tidal delta
- Lower shoreface
- Inner shelf
- Outer shelf
- Sand wave
- Sand ridge
- Tsunami
- Transgressive lag