Interbarnal lowland (Ridge)
Synonym
Transgressive gravels, Transgressive sands, Ravinement surface, Ravinement erosion surface, Wave-ravinement surface
Depth of water
High tide - Ebb tide
Circumstances
Sediments deposited at lowlands between beach ridges.
Sedimentary facies (Sediments)
Sands and mud graded poorly. A lot of traces of salt-tolerant plants.
Sedimentary facies (Structures)
Massive. Strongly subjected to the bioturbation.
Facies fossils
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