Marine Terrace

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-016582",
  "term": "Marine Terrace",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A narrow, coastal strip, formed of deposited material, that slopes gently seaward.\n\n2. An elevated marine-cut bench or a wave-cut platform that has been exposed by uplift along a seacoast (or by lowering of sea level). Marine Terrace may also refer to a wave-cut platform that merges into a wave-built terrace (Bates and Jackson 1984).",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/marine-terrace/"
}