Inner back-reef lagoon
Depth of water
High tide - Upper shoreface (0 - 5 m)
Circumstances
The opposite shore of the low lands behind the reef core in the well-developed organic reef complex. Depending on the water depth and wides, terms such as lagoon, moat, and reef flat are used. It is not subjected to the influences of waves. Width is approximately 100 m - 1 km. A variety of lagoon.
Sedimentary facies (Sediments)
Mudstone, Wackestone, Bioclastic packstone, Sponge-microencruster boundstone
Sedimentary facies (Structures)
Parallel stratification
Sedimentary facies (Fossils, Coral reef)
Shellfishes, Stromatoporoids, Ostracods, Plant roots
Sedimentary systems
Components of organic reefs
- Back-reef lagoon (Inner)
- Back-reef lagoon (Outer)
- Reef core
- Reef crest
- Reef tidal channel
- Forereef slope
- Off-reef open shelf