Salt marsh

Synonym

Saltmarsh, Tidal marsh

Depth of water

Supratidal zone - Ebb tide

Circumstances

Salty wet lands along the coasts. Glasses such as genus Phragmites grow in the temperate zones. Characteristic biota such as genus Vicarya in the coastal forest of mangroves in the subtropical and tropical zones.

Sedimentary facies (Sediments)

Sands and mud graded poorly. A lot of traces of salt-tolerant plants.

Sedimentary facies (Structures)

Massive. Strongly subjected to the bioturbation.

Facies fossils

Mangroves (Plants), Vicarya sp. (Gastropods)