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Sedimentary facies

Sedimentary systems and sedimentary facies are summaried.

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Shallow marine

Storm-dominated shelf

Tide-dominated shelf

Oceanic current-dominated shelf

Bay, Gulf

Barrier island, Sand spit, Longshore bar

Organic reef

Mangrove marsh

Deep sea

Submarine fan (Passive continental margin)

Submarine fan (Forearc basin)

Trench

Abyssal plain

Submarine volcano

Ocean-River boundary

Tidal river

Delta

Fan delta

Estuary

Terrestrial

Braided river (Upperstream and Downstream river)

Meandering river (Midstream river)

Lacustrine delta

Dammed lake

Upstream river

Alluvial fan

Caldera lake

Glacier

Terrestrial volcano

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