shallow sea

collocation in English

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shallow
adjective
uk
/ˈʃæl.əʊ/us
/ˈʃæl.oʊ/
having only a short distance from the top to ...
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sea
noun
uk
/siː/us
/siː/
the salty water that covers a large part of the surface of the earth, or a large area of salty water, smaller than an ocean, that is partly or completely surrounded ...
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(Definition ofshallowandseafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This lithofacies is thought to represent deposition from highly turbulent flow deposits with high rates of fallout resulting from pyroclastic flows entering ashallowsea.
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The eruption came from a volcano intoshallowseawater.
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As time went on, thisshallowseatransgressed westward.
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The valley was under ashallowseauntil geologic pressure forced the shale upwards.
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Presumably, the organisms survived at the bottom inshallowseawater in colonies.
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The off-reef floor is theshallowseafloor surrounding a reef.
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Sediments were formed approximately 700 million years ago (mya) from sand washed into ashallowsea.
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The fine-grained rocks represent ashallowseaenvironment and accounts for many of the fossils.
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The region is believed to have been ashallowseawith a muddy bottom.
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It began as sediments deposited on the bottom of an ancient,shallowsea.
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The materials that compose it were formed in a relativelyshallowsea.
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The climate is mild and temperate, largely conditioned by the proximity of the relativelyshallowsea.
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These rocks formed in the area approximately 320 million years ago in ashallowsea.
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Both countries were largely submerged under ashallowseastudded with volcanic islands.
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It formed about 460 to 440 million years ago in relativelyshallowseawater.
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The fossils indicate changes from anaerobic, deep ocean-basin environments toshallowseaenvironments.
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In life the environment of this creature was a warmshallowsea.
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It is commonly known as sea grapes and is found in many areas ofshallowseaaround the world.
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It was most likely an ambush predator lying in wait here and there on theshallowseabottom.
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To accomplish this task, debris from various parts of the city was dumped here and theshallowseacoast was filled.
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Following the cessation of magmatism, the region subsided and was inundated by ashallowsea, resulting in the deposition of detrital sediments followed by carbonates.
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The crater has most recently been dated to 254.7 2.5 million years ago, when the region was probably ashallowsea.
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Evidence of marine life in the area points to a time period when the land was covered by ashallowsea.
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The land was eroded by wind action and by occasional downpours which carried the debris to the margin of ashallowsea.
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