the depth in a body of water at which the action of surface waves stops stirring the sediments
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wave base
Nummulitic accumulations form low-relief bars within the fair weather wave base in both the formations.
Santanu Banerjee, Sonal Khanolkar, Pratul Kumar Saraswati 2018, 'Facies and depositional settings of the Middle Eocene-Oligocene carbonates in Kutch',Geodinamica Actahttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09853111.2018.1442609. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Three distinct skeletal assemblages were distinguished, each recording a relative storm wave base.
M. Reuter, W. E. Piller, M. Harzhauser, A. Kroh 2013, 'Cyclone trends constrain monsoon variability during late Oligocene sea level highstands(Kachchh Basin, NW India)', Climate of the Pasthttp://www.clim-past.net/9/2101/2013/cp-9-2101-2013.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This unit represents sub-tidal sand shoals deposited in a storm-dominated shelf (between the fair-weather wave-base and storm-base).
Osman Salad Hersi, Abdulrahman AL-Harthy 2010, 'Lithofacies Attributes of a Transgressive Carbonate System : The Middle Eocence SeebFormation, Al Khoud Area, Muscat, Oman', Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Sciencehttps://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squjs/article/view/369. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)