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VARIOUS shell bodies exist in the chenier plain facies of east Essex1,2. Offshore banks are one of the more prominent types, and within these banks there is often a pronounced vertical imbrication in the surface layer of shells (Fig. 1). This exerts a stabilizing influence on the movement of the shells and shell bodies retarding, though not preventing, long term migration. Imbrication has not yet been observed in deposits of the inshore zone.
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GREENSMITH, J., TUCKER, E. Imbricate Structure in Essex Offshore Shell Banks. Nature 220, 1115–1116 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2201115a0
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