transverse profiles, in relatively stratigraphically homogeneous estuaries, and in heterogeneous estuaries.
A major factor in determining the lithology, and
both the small-scale facies-specific stratigraphy and the
large-scale whole-of-estuary stratigraphy, is the climate
setting of the estuary. Climate can result in a range of
lithologic types and stratigraphic types, particularly in
the tidal and supratidal environments, and it will
Stratigraphy of Estuaries, Figure 24 Transverse stratigraphic transects located along the length of the Leschenault Inlet Estuary
showing a sand-and-mud-filled estuary and sand-and-mud deltas. Information from Semeniuk (2000). The mud fills the central
elongate estuarine basin, and sand underlies the shallow water platforms.
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