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shoal
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shoal1
1. a stretch of shallow water
2. a sandbank or rocky area in a stretch of water, esp one that is visible at low water
3. Nautical (of the draught of a vessel) drawing little water
shoal2
a large group of certain aquatic animals, esp fish
shoal [′shōl]
(geology)
A submerged elevation that rises from the bed of a shallow body of water and consists of, or is covered by, unconsolidated material, and may be exposed at low water.
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[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] For a long time it was supposed that in a southerly, offshore direction the shoaly limestones and lagoonal dolostones of the Jaagarahu and Muhu formations were replaced by the nodular, biomicritic, and argillaceous limestones of the Sorve Formation (Aaloe 1970).
Description of the type section, cyclicity, and correlation of the ... by Nestor, Heldur; Einasto, Rein; Nestor, Viiu; Marss, Tiiu; Viira, Viive / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
 
 
 
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