Estuaries

The seaward limit of a drowned valley which receives sediment from both river and marine sources and contains geomorphic and sedimentary facies influenced by tide, wave and river processes [1].

  1. Boyd R, Dalrymple R, Zaitlin BA. Classification of clastic coastal depositional environments. Sedimentary Geology 1992;80:139-50.
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