Editing Wave base (section)

==Distinctions==
There are typically two wave bases, the fair weather wave base (FWWB) and the storm wave base (SWB).<ref name="mechanics"/>

The fair weather wave base refers to the depth beneath the waves under normal conditions and the portion of the [[seafloor]] that is agitated by this everyday wave action, known as the [[Upper shoreface]].

The storm wave base refers to the depths beneath storm-driven waves and can be much deeper.  The portion of the seafloor that is only agitated by storm-driven wave action is known as the [[Lower shoreface]].

Note that another classification exists, which considers that the zone affected by both fair weather and storm waves is to be defined as shoreface, whereas ''Upper offshore'' is the name given to the zone only affected by storm waves and ''Lower offshore'' a zone not disturbed by any surface wave. (''e.g.'' <ref>Bayetgoll ''et al.'', 2015, 
Ichnology and sedimentology of a shallow marine Upper Cretaceous depositional system (Neyzar Formation, Kopet-Dagh, Iran): Palaeoceanographic influence on ichnodiversity, ''Cretaceous Research'', '''56''', 628-646</ref>)