A fossil beach, also known as a paleo-beach, fossil strandline or raised beach, is an ancient oceanic or lacustrine beach preserved in fossil form due to a change in water level or sea level, or because of a shift in terrain elevation. It is often present as a sediment layer or terrace, with beach-related fossils and features, above the present shoreline.
A fossil beach, also known as a paleo-beach, fossil strandline or raised beach, is an ancient oceanic or lacustrine beach preserved in fossil form due to a change in water level or sea level, or because of a shift in terrain elevation. It is often present as a sediment layer or terrace, with beach-related fossils and features, above the present shoreline.
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