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supratidal sediment

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supratidal sediment [¦sü·prə′tīd·əl ′sed·ə·mənt]
(geology)
The sediment deposited immediately above the high-tide level.
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Bird's-eye structures and vugs form in supratidal sediments as a result of shrinkage and expansion, gas bubble formation, air escape during flooding, wrinkles in algal mats or even by development of evaporites (Shinn 1968).
Mudcracks, bird's-eye, and anhydrite in intertidal/supratidal late ... by Kilibarda, Zoran; Doffin, Jason / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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