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1983 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Clastic Shore-Zone Systems
Authors : W. E. Galloway, D. K. Hobday
Published in: Terrigenous Clastic Depositional Systems
Publisher: Springer US
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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The shore zone (Fig. 6-1), excluding deltas, comprises the narrow, high-energy transitional environment that extends from wave base at a highly variable depth averaging 35 ft (10 m) to the seaward edge of the alluvial coastal plain, raised terrace, or cliffs. Although restricted in area, migration of shorelines through time has resulted in widespread shore-zone deposits in the rock record, with considerable bearing on the distribution of hydrocarbon, coal, and uranium resources.