Table 6.3
Listing of Environments of Deposition by Shepard and McKee in Crosby, 1972, pp. 9-10
Terrestrial
Lacustrine
Delta
Beach
Near-shore zone
Offshore zone
Barrier
' Landslide
Talus
Alluvial fans and plains
River channels
Floodplains
Glacial moraine
Outwash plains
Dunes
Playas
Salt lakes
Deep lakes
Onshore
Offshore
Back-shore
Berm
Fore-shore
Beach
Dunefield
Barrier flat
Washover fan
Inlet
{
" Unidirectional wind types
Bidirectional wind types
Multidirectional wind types
Distributary channel
Lev6e
Marsh and swamp
Interdistributary
Beach
" Channel and lev6e extensions
Distributary mouth bar
Delta front platform
, Prodelta slope
Bar (submerged)
Longshore bar
Bay bar
Tidal-flat area
Salt marsh
Tidal flat
Tidal channel
Lagoon
Hypersaline
Brackish
Fresh
Estuary
Continental shelf
Epicontinental sea
Shallow
Deep
Deep intracontinental
depression
Trough
Basin
Continental
borderland
Basin
Trough
continues