Depositional environments
Code Name
AEOL_FLUV Aeolian Fluvial Environment
Aeolian Lake/Lacustrine
AEOL_LAKE
Environment
AEOL_WADI_SBKH Aeolian Wadi/Sabkha Environment
AEOL Aeolian/Eolian Environment
ALUV_FAN Alluvial Fan Environment
Alluvial Flood Plain/Basins
ALUV_FLPL
Environment
ALUV_SEDM Alluvial Sediments Environment
ALUV_SWMP Alluvial Swamp Environment
Amalgamated Channels
TRANS_INSL_AMLG_CHNL
Environment
TRANS_INSL_AMLG_SHEET Amalgamated Sheets Environment
Anastomosed Abandoned Channel
ANST_ABND_CHNL
Environment
ANST_CHNL Anastomosed Channel Environment
Anastomosed Crevasse Channel
ANST_CRVS_CHNL
Environment
Anastomosed Crevasse Splay
ANST_CRVS_SPLAY
Environment
ANST Anastomosed Environment
ANST_LEVEE Anastomosed Levee Environment
CARB_BACK_REEF Back Reef Environment
Barrier Island Backshore
TRANS_BARR_BACK_SHORE
Environment
TRANS_BARR_BEACH Barrier Island Beach Environment
Barrier Island Ebb Tidal Delta
TRANS_BARR_EBB_DELTA
Environment
Barrier Island Flood Tidal Delta
TRANS_BARR_FLOOD_DELTA
Environment
TRANS_BARR_LAGN Barrier Island Lagoon Environment
Parent Code Description
An environment of deposition from rivers or
AEOL relatively large streams in the Aeolian
environment
Inland water body in the Aeolian
AEOL
environment
AEOL Salt-flat in the Aeolian environment
Environment characterized by eroding,
SILC_CLST
transporting, and depositing wind activity.
A sloping, fan-shaped body of coarse
material deposited by a stream at the place
ALUV_SEDM
where it emerges from an upland into a
broad valley or a plain.
A strip of relatively flat land bordering an
ALUV_SEDM alluvial stream, underlain by overbank
deposits.
An environment of deposition from a river
CONT
or stream.
Area around alluvial stream of water-
ALUV_SEDM saturated ground supporting trees, shrubs
and grasses.
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN_I High density stacking of channels in the
NSL deep water intraslope basin environment.
High density stacking of sheet deposits in
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN_I
the deep water intraslope basin
NSL
environment.
An anastomosed channel which is no longer
ANST
active, but may be filled with deposits.
ANST An anastomosed river channel.
Small channel cutting across the levee of an
ANST
anastomosed channel.
An environment of deposition by outwash
ANST from a break through the levee of the outer
bend of an anastomosed channel.
Multi-channel rivers that have relatively low
ALUV_SEDM gradients, deep and narrow channels, and
stable banks
A raised embankment deposited along the
ANST
shore of an anastomosed channel.
CARB_REEF Lagoon side back of the carbonate reef core.
The seaward portion of a barrier coast that
TRANS_BARR lies above the high tide level and in front of
the barrier crest.
The seaward portion of a barrier coast that
lies between low and high tide levels,
TRANS_BARR
characterized by temporary accumulations
of sand.
Small delta forming on the seaward side of
TRANS_BARR a barrier island, deposited in the falling
water portion of the tidal cycle
Small delta forming on the landward side of
TRANS_BARR a barrier island, deposited in the rising water
portion of the tidal cycle
A shallow body of salt or brackish water,
TRANS_BARR partly or completely separated from a sea or
lake by a barrier island.

Barrier Island Marsh/Swamp
TRANS_BARR_MARSH
Environment
TRANS_BARR_MUD_FLAT Barrier Island Mud Flat Environment TRANS_BARR
Barrier Island Tidal Channel
TRANS_BARR_TIDAL_CHNL
Environment
Barrier Island Washover Fan
TRANS_BARR_WASH_FAN
Environment
Barrier Island/Strand Plain
TRANS_BARR
Environment
CARB_REEF_CREST_BARR Barrier Reef Environment
MARN_BASIN_CNTR Basin Center Environment
MARN_BASIN_MRGN Basin Margin Environment
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN_BASIN Basin Plain Environment
TRANS_BAY_HEAD_DELTA Bay Head Delta Environment
TRANS_BAY_LAGN Bay/Bay Lagoon Environment
TRANS_BEACH_BACK_SHORE Beach Backshore Environment
Beach Berm/Coastal Dune
TRANS_BEACH_BERM
Environment
TRANS_BEACH_FORE_SHORE Beach Foreshore Environment
TRANS_BRAID_DELTA Braid Delta Environment
BRAID_GRVL Braided Gravelly Environment
BRAID_SAND Braided Sandy Environment
BRAID_STRM Braided Streams Environment
CARB Carbonate Environment
CARB_SLOPE Carbonate Slope Environment
CARB_TIDAL_FLAT Carbonate Tidal Flat Environment
TRANS_CHEN_PLAIN Chenier Plain Environment
Periodically wet or continually flooded flats
in the barrier coast zone with the surface
TRANS_BARR very shallowly submerged; covered
dominantly with sedges, cattails, rushes, or
other hydrophytic plants.
Relatively level area of fine grained
material in a barrier coast, alternately
covered and uncovered by the tide or
covered by shallow water, and barren of
vegetation.
Transverse channel across a barrier island,
TRANS_BARR which permits water to sweep in and out of
the lagoon.
A fan-like deposit of sand washed over a
TRANS_BARR
barrier island during a storm.
Ridge of sand paralleling the shoreline and
TRANS_RIVER_DELTA
extending above sea level only slightly.
A reef that lies some distance from a
continental coast or volcanic island,
CARB_REEF_CREST shielding a lagoon of open water from a few
hundred feet to several miles wide lies
between the reef and the mainland.
MARN The deep center region of a marine basin.
MARN The marginal region of a marine basin.
A deep marine basin far separated from
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN
coastal or submarine fan processes.
A delta formed where a river enters an
TRANS_ESTU
estuarine bay.
A shallow body of salt or brackish water in
TRANS_ESTU an estuary, partly or completely separated
from the sea by barrier islands.
The portion of a beach that lies between the
TRANS_BARR_BEACH mean high-tide level and the zone of sand
dunes or undisturbed vegetation.
A low, impermanent, nearly horizontal or
landward-sloping shelf, ledge, or narrow
TRANS_BARR_BEACH
terrace on the backshore of a barrier beach,
deposited by storm waves.
The portion of a beach between the mean
TRANS_BARR_BEACH
high and low tide levels.
A delta with multiple channels that
interweave as a result of repeated
TRANS
bifurcation and convergence of flow around
inter-channel bars.
A braided stream characterized by excessive
BRAID_STRM
deposition of gravel.
A braided stream characterized by excessive
BRAID_STRM
deposition of sand.
A stream characterized by excessive
deposition of sand and/or gravel bars so that
ALUV_SEDM
water flows in many branching and
reuniting channels.
Environment characterized by deposition of
ENVI carbonates sediments either biologically or
chemically.
Sloped outer portion of a carbonate platform
CARB
or shelf that descends into deep water.
A broad, flat region of muddy carbonate
CARB sedimentation, covered and uncovered in
each tidal cycle.
TRANS_RIVER_DELTA A mud-rich strand plain, occupied by
 cheniers and intervening mud-flats with
marsh and swamp vegetation.
A bar deposited in chute-like shape in a
BRAID_CHUT_BAR Chute Bar Environment BRAID_SAND
sandy braided stream.
A small terrace in the backshore area of the
TRANS_BARR_COAST_DUNE Coastal Dune/Berm Environment TRANS_BARR
barrier coast with its terrace facing seaward.
A low, broad plain that has as its lower
margin an oceanic shore and its strata
TRANS_COAST_PLAIN Coastal Plain Environment TRANS horizontal or gently dipping toward the sea,
and generally represents an area of recently
prograded continental sediment.
TRANS_DEEP_FAN_CHNL Deep Fan Channel Environment TRANS_DEEP_FAN Channel in the deep water fan environment.
A sediment gravity flow in which fine
TRANS_DEEP_FAN_DEBR Deep Fan Debris Flow Environment TRANS_DEEP_FAN sediment and fluids support large particles
in a deep water fan.
A long, broad low ridge or embankment of
TRANS_DEEP_FAN_LEVEE Deep Fan Levee Environment TRANS_DEEP_FAN sediments beside and parallel to a fan
channel in a deep water fan.
A contiguous deposit in a deep water fan
within a localized area, bounded by
TRANS_DEEP_FAN_LOBE Deep Fan Lobe Environment TRANS_DEEP_FAN
converging stratigraphic surfaces at the
distal extremity of the fan.
A level, low-lying area adjacent to streams
TRANS_DEEP_FAN_OVBA Deep Fan Overbank Environment TRANS_DEEP_FAN that is periodically flooded by stream water
in the deep fan environment.
Portion of the deep fan environment at the
TRANS_DEEP_FAN_TRANS Deep Fan Transition Environment TRANS_DEEP_FAN outermost limit of influence of continental
conditions.
A lake having subenvironments segregated
DEEP_LAKE Deep Lake Environment LAKE
by depth.
An offshore environment where water
depths exceed approximately 600 feet [200
TRANS_DEEP_WATER Deep Water Environment TRANS
m], the approximate water depth at the edge
of the continental shelf
The seaward portion of a river delta, sloping
TRANS_DELTA_FRONT Delta Front Environment TRANS_RIVER_DELTA downward into the basin at an angle steeper
the delta plain.
a Periodically wet or continually flooded
area around a tidal stream, of saturated to
TRANS_TIDAL_MARSH Delta Marsh/Swamp Environment TRANS_RIVER_TIDAL
shallowly submerged ground supporting
trees, shrubs and grasses.
Sand bars deposited at the mouth of a
TRANS_MOUTH_BAR Delta Mouth Bar Environment TRANS_RIVER_DELTA distributary channel in the river delta
environment.
The level or nearly level portion of a river
delta; a flood plain characterized by
TRANS_DELTA_PLAIN Delta Plain Environment TRANS_RIVER_DELTA repeated channel bifurcation and
divergence, multiple distributary channels,
and interdistributary flood basins.
A flat area of deposition of outwash
TRANS_SPLAY Delta Splay Environment TRANS_RIVER_DELTA material from breaks in the channel levees
in a river delta.
An environment of deposition at the mouth
TRANS_RIVER_DELTA Deltaic/River Delta Environment TRANS of a river, where flow velocity decreases as
it enters a body of standing water.
A long, broad low ridge or embankment of
TRANS_DEEP_FAN_LEV sediments beside and parallel to a fan
TRANS_DEEP_DSTL_LEVEE Distal Fan Levee Environment
EE channel in the distal portion of a deep water
fan.
The portion of a deep water fan formed
TRANS_DEEP_DSTL_FAN Distal/Lower Fan Environment TRANS_DEEP_FAN
farthest from the source area.
TRANS_DIST_CHNL Distributary Channel Environment TRANS_RIVER_DELTA A river branch that flows away from a main

DUNE_BRCH Dune Barchan Environment
DUNE_DOME Dune Dome Environment
DUNE Dune Environment
DUNE_LINR_SEIF Dune Linear/Seif Environment
DUNE_LONG Dune Longitudinal Environment
DUNE_PARBL Dune Parabolic Environment
DUNE_SHEET Dune Sheet Environment
DUNE_STAR Dune Star Environment
DUNE_STRK Dune Streak Environment
DUNE_TRNV Dune Transverse Environment
ENVI Environment
Estuarine Fluvial Channel
TRANS_FLUV_CHNL
Environment
Estuarine Fluvial Overbank/Fluvial
TRANS_FLUV_OVBK
Floodplain Environment
Estuarine Fluvial Point Bar
TRANS_FLUV_POINT_BAR
Environment
TRANS_FLUV_SPLAY Estuarine Fluvial Splay Environment TRANS_ESTU
TRANS_ESTU_POINT_BAR Estuarine Point Bar Environment
TRANS_ESTU_TIDAL_BAR Estuarine Tidal Bar Environment
TRANS_ESTU_TIDAL_INLET Estuarine Tidal Inlet Environment
channel and does not rejoin it in the river
delta environment.
A crescent-shaped sand dune with horns
DUNE
pointing downwind.
Mound of sand that is circular or elliptical
DUNE in shape, with no slip-faces; may be formed
by the modification of stationary barchans.
A heap of sand or other loose sediment
AEOL
accumulated by wind.
A large, sharp-crested, longitudinal dune or
chain of sand dunes. If unmodified, the
DUNE_LONG crest, in profile, commonly consists of a
succession of curved slip faces produced by
strong, but infrequent cross winds.
A long dune parallel to the direction of the
DUNE
prevailing wind.
A sand dune with a long, scoop-shaped
form, convex in the downwind direction so
DUNE that its horns point upwind, whose ground
plan, when perfectly developed,
approximates the form of a parabola.
A large, irregularly shaped, commonly thin,
surficial mantle of eolian sand, lacking the
DUNE
discernible slip faces that are common on
dunes.
Large pyramidal or star-shaped dune with
three or more sinuous radiating ridges from
a central peak of sand. This dune has 3 or
DUNE
more slip faces. Produced by variable
winds. This dune does not migrate along the
ground, but does grow vertically.
DUNE A dune of fine mineral dust.
A very asymmetric sand dune elongated
perpendicular to the prevailing wind
direction, having a gentle windward slope
DUNE
and a steep leeward slope standing at or
near the angle of repose of sand; it generally
forms in areas of sparse vegetation.
The sum of all the effects of external
conditions (physical, chemical and
biological) on sedimentary deposits.
A major passageway or conduit for the flow
TRANS_ESTU of water through the uppermost landward
portion of the estuary environment.
A level, low-lying land area adjacent to an
TRANS_ESTU
estuary, that is periodically flooded.
A sand bar deposited by lateral accretion on
the inner shore of a meander loop in the
TRANS_ESTU
uppermost landward portion of the estuary
environment.
An outwash of material from crevasse
channels on the outer bend of a fluvial
channel in the uppermost landward portion
of the estuary environment.
A sand bar deposited by lateral accretion on
the inner shore of a meander loop of an
TRANS_ESTU
estuary, showing indications of tidal
fluctuation.
A longitudinal sand bar in the funnel portion
TRANS_ESTU of an estuary, influenced by tidal
fluctuation.
A transverse channel across a barrier island
TRANS_ESTU
or jetty at the mouth of an estuary, which

TRANS_ESTU Estuary/Estuarine Environment
TRANS_DEEP_FAN Fan Environment
TRANS_FAN_DELTA Fan-Delta Environment
CARB_FORE_REEF Fore Reef Environment
CARB_REEF_CREST_FRNG Fringing Reef Environment
GLCL Glacial Environment
TRANS_INCS_VALY Incised Valley Environment
TRANS_INTER_DIST_BAY Interdistributary Bay Environment
INTER_DUNE_DEPR Interdune Depression Environment
INTER_DUNE Interdune Environment
TRANS_INSL_LEVEE Intraslope Levee Environment
TRANS_INSL_OVBK Intraslope Overbank Environment
Intraslope/Ponded Basin
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN_INSL
Environment
LAKE_DELTA Lake Delta Environment
LAKE_MUD_FLAT Lake Mudflat Environment
LAKE_PLAYA Lake Playa Environment
LAKE_SHRE Lake Shoreline Environment
LAKE Lake/Lacustrine Environment
BRAID_LONG_BAR Longitudinal Bar Environment
TRANS_SHLW_LOWER_SHORE Lower Shoreface Environment
Marine Evaporites/Arid Shorelines
MARN
And Basins Environment
Meandering Abandoned Channel
MNDR_ABND_CHNL
Environment
MNDR_CHNL Meandering Channel Environment
permits water to sweep in and out.
The mouth of a flooded river valley, usually
TRANS_RIVER_DELTA depositing fine-grained sediments in the
brackish water .
A deep-water, cone- or fan-shaped body of
TRANS_DEEP_WATER clastic sediment located seaward of large
river deltas or submarine canyons.
A body of alluvium, nearly flat and fan-
shaped, deposited at or near the mouth of a
TRANS
mountain canyon where it enters a body of
relatively quiet water.
CARB_REEF Ocean side front of the carbonate reef core.
A reef that is closely attached to the shore.
There is no lagoon or open water between
CARB_REEF_CREST
the reef and the land upon which it is
attached.
SILC_CLST Environment in area affected by a glacier.
A valley developed by rejuvenated erosion
TRANS downward into the substrate, beginning at
the coastline and progressing upstream.
Open areas of shallow water within an
TRANS_RIVER_DELTA active delta between interdistributary
channels.
INTER_DUNE Relatively sunken part of the interdune.
The relatively flat surface, whether sand-
AEOL
free or sand-covered, between dunes.
An embankment of sediments deposited
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN_I
along the shore of a channel in the deep
NSL
water intraslope basin environment.
A level area of fine-grained deposition
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN_I
adjacent to intraslope channels formed by
NSL
flow escaping from channel levees.
An environment of deposition within an
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN intraslope depression in deep water not
associated with a submarine fan.
A prograding body of sediment formed at
LAKE
the mouth of a stream coming into a lake.
A flat area of mud deposition at the shore of
LAKE
a lake.
A level or nearly level area that occupies the
lowest part of a completely closed lake
LAKE basin and that is covered with water at
irregular intervals of distance and time,
forming a temporary lake.
The environment at the junction of land
LAKE
with a lake.
CONT Lake environment.
A sand bar deposited in longitudinal
BRAID_SAND
orientation in a sandy braided stream.
The lower part of the zone of marine
coastline between mean low-tide level and
TRANS_SHLW_SHORE
normal wave base, offshore from the zone
of longshore bars.
ENVI Environments of deposition from sea water.
A meandering channel which is no longer
MNDR active, but only contains standing water or
sediment fill.
The major fluvial channel in a meandering
MNDR
channel environment.
 Meandering Crevasse Channel
MNDR_CRVS_CHNL
Environment
Meandering Crevasse Splay
MNDR_CRVS_SPLAY
Environment
MNDR Meandering Environment
MNDR_LEVEE Meandering Levee Environment
MNDR_OXBOW_LAKE Meandering Oxbow Lake
MNDR_POINT_BAR Meandering Point Bar Environment
TRANS_SHLW_MIDL_SHORE Middle Shoreface Environment
Middle/Mid/Medial Fan
TRANS_DEEP_MIDL_FAN
Environment
CARB_MOUND Mound Environment
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN Non-Fan Environment
CONT Nonmarine/Continental Environment SILC_CLST
TRANS_SHLW_OFF_SHORE Offshore Environment
TRANS_SHLW_TRANS_OFSH Offshore-Transition Environment
CARB_REEF_CREST_PINA Pinnacle Reef Environment
TRANS_PRO_DELTA Prodelta Environment
TRANS_DEEP_PROX_LEVEE Proximal Fan Levee Environment
TRANS_DEEP_PROX_FAN Proximal/Upper Fan Environment
CARB_RAMP Ramp Environment
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN_RAMP Ramp/Platform Environment
CARB_REEF_CREST Reef Crest Environment
CARB_REEF Reef Environment
CARB_REEF_LAGN Reef Lagoon Environment
A small channel cutting across the levee of
MNDR
a meandering channel
An environment of deposition of outwash
MNDR material from crevasse channels on the
outer bend of a meandering channel
A fluvial environment in which channels are
ALUV_SEDM shaped like a series of somewhat regular,
loop-like bends.
An embankment along the outer shore of a
MNDR meandering channel loop, formed by
overbank flow
The abandoned bow-shaped or horseshoe-
MNDR
shaped part of a former meander loop.
A sand bar deposited by lateral accretion on
MNDR the inner shore of a meandering channel
loop
The middle part of the zone of marine
coastline between mean low-tide level and
TRANS_SHLW_SHORE
normal wave base, in the zone of longshore
bars.
Middle portion of a deep water fan, which is
TRANS_DEEP_FAN dominated by thick proximal sandstone
turbidites separated by thin mudstones.
A body of carbonate sediment shaped like a
CARB low rounded hill built by colonial
organisms.
A deep water environment which is not
TRANS_DEEP_WATER
associated with a submarine fan.
Broad geological term which includes all
environments occurring on the surface of
continents, i.e. non-marine.
A shallow water environment situated
TRANS_SHLW_WATER
offshore on the continental shelf.
The portion of coastline between normal
TRANS_SHLW_WATER
and storm wave base.
A tall, roughly cylindrical mass of carbonate
CARB_REEF_CREST
reef.
An environment of deposition seaward of
TRANS_RIVER_DELTA the main delta body in the river delta
environment.
Embankments of sand adjacent to a
TRANS_DEEP_FAN_LEV
submarine channel in the upper, inner
EE
portion of a deep water fan.
Upper, inner portion of a deep water fan,
TRANS_DEEP_FAN near the sediment supply, usually depositing
coarse, channelized debris flows.
An environment of carbonate deposition
sloping gently seaward from the foot of the
CARB
shore face caused by sediments retreating
toward the basin.
A siliciclastic depositional environment
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN sloping evenly seaward from the shoreface,
not associated with a submarine fan.
CARB_REEF The part of the reef where waves break.
Environment in which frame-building
organisms producea a raised, subaqueous,
CARB
shore-parallel ridge on the shallow
continental shelf.
A shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake
CARB_REEF
separated from the sea by a carbonate reef.

CARB_RIM_SHELF Rimmed Shelf Environment
CARB_SABKA Sabkha Environment
MARN_SABKA Sabkha Environment
SHLW_LAKE Shallow Lake Environment
TRANS_SHLW_WATER Shallow Water Environment
TRANS_INSL_LAYR_SHEET Sheet/Layered Sheets Environment
TRANS_SHLW_SHORE Shoreface Environment
SILC_CLST Siliciclastic Environment
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN_SLOPE Slope Environment
Slump/Mass Transport Complex
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN_SLUMP
Environment
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN_CANY Submarine Canyon Environment
Submarine Debris Flow
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN_DEBR
Environment
TRANS_DELTA_TIDAL_CHNL Tidal Channel Environment
TRANS_RIVER_TIDAL_CHNL Tidal Delta Channel Environment
TRANS_RIVER_TIDAL Tidal Delta Environment
Tidal Delta Mixed Sand/Mud Flat
TRANS_TIDAL_MIXED_FLAT
Environment
TRANS_TIDAL_MUD_FLAT Tidal Delta Mud Flat Environment
TRANS_TIDAL_SAND_FLAT Tidal Delta Sand Flat Environment
TRANS_TIDAL_SAND_RIDGE Tidal Sand Ridge Environment
TRANS_DELTA_SAND_RIDGE Tidal Sand Ridge Environment
TRANS_TIDAL_SAND_WAVE Tidal Sandwave Environment
A relatively flat, shallowly submerged
CARB platform or shelf of carbonate deposits with
an abrupt, steep edge.
Flat environment of carbonate deposition at
CARB
or slightly above mean high tide level.
A wide area of marine flats bordering a
MARN lagoon. Evaporite minerals are formed in
such areas.
A lake which of shallow depth in which
LAKE
subenvironments are segregated laterlly.
An environment located in water depths less
TRANS
than approximately 300 feet [100 m].
A large, irregularly shaped, commonly thin,
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN_I
surficial mantle of sand in the deep water
NSL
intraslope basin environment.
The zone of shoreline between mean water
TRANS_SHLW_WATER
level and wave base.
Sedimentary environment characterized by
ENVI
silicic deposits, generally sand and shale.
An environment of deposition on the
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN continental slope far separated from coastal
processes.
A deep submarine landslide characterized
by the downward slipping of one or more
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN
masses of rock or unconsolidated debris
along lystric slip surfaces.
An environment of deposition in a
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN
submarine canyon.
A sediment gravity flow in which fine
sediment and fluids support large particles
TRANS_DEEP_NOFAN
in deep water not associated with a
submarine fan.
A channel in a river delta, which permits
TRANS_RIVER_DELTA water flow to sweep in and out of tidal
lagoons.
A channel across a tidal delta, which
TRANS_RIVER_TIDAL permits water to sweep in and out of an
estuary.
A delta formed at the mouth of an estuary,
TRANS_RIVER_DELTA
dominated by tidal processes.
A flat region of muddy and sandy mixed
sediment, covered and uncovered in each
TRANS_RIVER_TIDAL
tidal cycle in the tidal river delta
environment.
A flat region of muddy sediment, covered
TRANS_RIVER_TIDAL and uncovered in each tidal cycle in the
tidal river delta environment.
A flat region of sandy sediment, covered
TRANS_RIVER_TIDAL and uncovered in each tidal cycle in the
tidal river delta environment.
A large-scale, low, subaqueous ridge of
sand parallel to tidal flow in the tidal river
delta or tidal shelf environment, that
TRANS_RIVER_TIDAL
stretches over wide areas of the seabed and
is formed in conditions of strong tidal
currents.
A large-scale, low, subaqueous, ridge of
sand, formed parallel to tidal flow on a
TRANS_RIVER_DELTA
shallow shelf in the tide-dominated delta
environment.
A large transverse bar in the deeper water
TRANS_RIVER_TIDAL
region of the tidal river delta environment,

Transitional Coasts/Paralic
TRANS
Environment
BRAID_TRNV_BAR Transverse Bar Environment
TRANS_SHLW_UPPER_SHORE Upper Shoreface Environment
VOLC Volcanic Environment
Published by : Yatindra Dutt, M.Sc. Geology University of Pune, india
caused by storms and tidal currents.
Environment in areas where the influence of
ENVI both continental and marine conditions
occur.
A sand bar deposited in transverse
BRAID_SAND
orientation in a sandy braided stream.
The upper part of the zone of marine
coastline between mean low-tide level and
TRANS_SHLW_SHORE
normal wave base, shoreward of the zone of
longshore bars.
Sedimentary depositional environment in
SILC_CLST
the proximity of an active volcano.