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Sedimentary facies
Sedimentary systems and sedimentary facies are summaried.
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Shallow marine
Storm-dominated shelf
- (Terrestrial)
- Eolian dune
- Interdune lowland
- Backshore
- Foreshore
- Upper shoreface
- Sand spit, Longshore bar
- Lower shoreface
- Inner shelf
- Outer shelf
- Shelf edge
- (Deep sea)
- Tsunami
Tide-dominated shelf
Oceanic current-dominated shelf
Bay, Gulf
- (Terrestrial)
- Salt marsh
- Tidal flat
- Tidal channel
- Beach rock
- Upper shoreface
- Sand spit, Longshore bar
- Lower shoreface
- Inner shelf
- Outer shelf
- Shelf edge
- (Deep sea)
- Tsunami
Barrier island, Sand spit, Longshore bar
- (Terrestrial)
- Beach ridge
- Interbarnal lowland (Beach ridge)
- Salt marsh
- Tidal flat
- Beach rock
- Lagoon
- Flood-tidal delta
- Washover fan
- Barrier island
- Tidal channel
- Ebb-tidal delta
- Surf zone
- Lower shoreface
- Inner shelf
- Outer shelf
- Shelf edge
- (Deep sea)
- Tsunami
Organic reef
- (Terrestrial)
- Salt marsh
- Back-reef lagoon (Inner)
- Back-reef lagoon (Outer)
- Reef core
- Reef crest
- Reef tidal channel
- Fore-reef slope
- Off-reef open shelf
Mangrove marsh
- (Terrestrial)
- Salt marsh
- Tidal flat
Deep sea
Submarine fan (Passive continental margin)
- (Shelf)
- Submarine chanyon
- Submarine channel
- Submarine levee
- Submarine landslide
- (Abyssal plain)
Submarine fan (Forearc basin)
- (Shelf)
- Submarine chanyon
- Submarine channel
- Submarine levee
- Submarine landslide
- (Trench)
Trench
- Submarine landslide (Olistostrome)
- Deep-sea tsunami
- (Shelf)
- Upper inner trench slope
- Forearc basin
- Submarine elevations
- Lower inner trench slope
- Trench floor / Trench axis
- Outer trench slope
- (Abyssal plain)
Abyssal plain
Submarine volcano
- in situ Hyaloclastite
- Reworked hyaloclastite
- Pillow lava
- Pseudo-pillow lava
Ocean-River boundary
Tidal river
Delta
- (Downstream river)
- Tidal reach
- Delta plain (Top set)
- Delta terrace (Top set)
- Delta front (Fore set)
- Prodelta (Bottom set)
- Prodelta slope (Bottom set)
- (Inner shelf / Outer shelf)
Fan delta
- (Downstream river)
- Delta plain (Top set)
- Delta terrace (Top set)
- Delta front (Fore set)
- Prodelta (Bottom set)
- Prodelta slope (Bottom set)
- (Inner shelf)
Estuary
- (Downstream river)
- Tidal reach
- Tidal flat
- Tidal channel
- Transgressive lag
- (Inner shelf / Outer shelf)
Terrestrial
Braided river (Upperstream and Downstream river)
Meandering river (Midstream river)
Lacustrine delta
- (Downstream river)
- Delta plane (above water level)
- Delta terrace (below water level)
- Delta front
- Prodelta
- Prodelta slope
Dammed lake
Upstream river
Alluvial fan
Caldera lake
Glacier
Terrestrial volcano
- Lahar
- Volcanic mud flow
- Volcanic debris flow
- Hyperconcentrated flow
- Debris avalanche
- Pyroclastic surge
- Base-surge
- Block-and-ash-flow
- Pyroclastic flow
- Vent-fill