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Tidal Sand Bodies

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This section reviews the salient features of sandy tidalites, which are sandy sediments deposited by tidal currents (Klein, 1971). Such sands occur in regions where tidal current systems are dominant. Tidal current systems are known to occur as depositional agents in a variety of water depths ranging from tidal flats at sea level to depths of 2,000 to 2,500 meters (Keller et al., 1973; Shepard et al., 1979; Shepard and Marshall, 1973; Lonsdale et al., 1972; Lonsdale and Malfait, 1974; Shepard et al., 1979). Thus the deposition of sandy tidalites can occur in a variety of coastal settings, including deltas, barrier island complexes (especially tidal inlets), tidal marshes, and tidal deltas. Preservation of tidalites on coastlines is favored in part in mesotidal coasts, and totally in macrotidal coastlines. The dominant coastal setting where such sediments occur is the tidal flats.

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Klein, G.d. (1982). Tidal Sand Bodies. In: Sandstone Depositional Models for Exploration for Fossil Fuels. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9758-1_4

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