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SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS/Shoreline and Shoreface Deposits 571 Figure Classification of clastic shallow marine systems (A) The relative importance of fluvial, tidal, and wave processes (B) Transgressive and progradational coastal systems with varying degrees of fluvial, tidal, and wave influence Reproduced with permission from Dalrymple RW, Zaitlin BA, and Boyd R (1992) Estuarine facies models: conceptual basis and stratigraphic implications Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 62: 1130 1146 the mean storm wave base (SWB) and the mean fair weather wave base (FWWB) The mean SWB is the depth at which typical storms affect the seabed for short periods of time (in the order of hours to days); the FWWB reflects the typical wave climate that is present within the basin between storm events Waves that are formed in the open ocean are pushed towards the land As waves approach the coastline,