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(c) Wave-protected setting
e.g. Cananeia lagoon, Brazil
(Anthony & Blivi 1999)
(b) Tidal setting
e.g. Normanby River, Australia
(Bryce
et al.
1998)
(a) Deltaic setting
e.g. Fly River Delta
(Wolanski
et al.
1998)
Abandoned
deltaic plain
Active
deltaic
plain
c
b
a
Lagoon
Tidal
delta
b
1
Estuarine
plain
a
1
Barrier
Upland
c
1
Barrier
c
c
1
Alluvial plain
Levee
River
b
a
a
1
b
1
MHW
MHW
MHW
(d) River/wave setting
e.g. Grijalva Delta, Mexico
(Thom 1967)
(f) Carbonate setting
e.g. Low Isles, Australia
(Stoddart 1980)
(e) Drowned bedrock valley
e.g. Darwin Harbour, Australia
(Woodroffe
et al.
1988)
Abandoned
distributaries
Sand
cay
e
1
Alluvial
flood plain
f
d
Lagoon
Reef crest
d
1
Storm
ridge
e
f
1
Barrier beach
Reef crest
e
e
1
f
f
1
Lagoon
d
1
MHW
d
MHW
Levee
HWM
Holocene reef
Mangrove
Floodplain mud
Coastal sand
Nearshore/mangrove muds
Fluvial sands
Fig. 9.7
Mangrove depositional settings: HWM, high-water mark; MHW, mean high water. (Adapted from Woodroffe 1992.)
