wave-built terrace

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• wave-built terrace —    A gently sloping coastal feature at the seaward or lakeward edge of a wave cut platform, constructed by sediment brought by rivers or drifted along the shore or across the platform and deposited in the deeper water beyond.    Compare:… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• wave-built terrace — noun : a terrace built up of loosened material at the edge of a wave cut terrace …   Useful english dictionary

• submerged wave-built terrace —    A subaqueous, relict depositional landform originally constructed by river or longshore sediment deposits along the outer edge of a wave cut platform and later submerged by rising sea level or subsiding land surface.    Compare: wave built… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• wave-cut terrace —    (not recommended)    use wave built terrace …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• beach terrace —     a) A landform that consists of a wave cut scarp and wave built terrace of well sorted sand and gravel of marine and lacustrine origin.     b) (colloquial: western USA) relict shorelines from pluvial lakes, generally restricted to valley sides …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• submerged wave-cut platform —    A subaqueous, relict erosional landform that originally formed as a wave cut bench and abrasion platform from coastal wave erosion and later submerged by rising sea level or subsiding land surface.    Compare: wave built terrace, wave cut… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• marine terrace —    A constructional coastal strip, sloping gently seaward, veneered by marine deposits (typically silt, sand, fine gravel).    Compare: terrace, wave built terrace.    GG …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• terrace —    [ geomorphology ]    A step like surface, bordering a valley floor or shoreline, that represents the former position of a flood plain, or lake or sea shore. The term is usually applied to both the relatively flat summit surface (tread), cut or …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• marine terrace — noun : a terrace formed along a seashore by the merging of wave cut and wave built terraces …   Useful english dictionary

• Marine terrace — A marine terrace, coastal terrace[1], raised beach or perched coastline is a relatively flat, horizontal or gently inclined surface of marine origin[2], mostly an old abrasion platform which has been lifted out of the sphere of wave activity… …   Wikipedia

• shore terrace — noun : a coastal terrace that is cut in rock or built up of gravel or sand * * * a terrace or bench produced by wave erosion and biochemical attack along the shore of an ocean or a large lake. [1930 35] …   Useful english dictionary