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SUBMERGED FOREST

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Subfossil remains of trees buried in intertidal peat. Roots, stumps, branches and twigs may be visible. Occurs on coastlines that have been submerging since deglaciatiion. Also in very dynamic coastal zones, e.g. estuaries.

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Heritagedata.org: Linked Data resource