In this paper, the morphology, sedimentary structure, bioherm--building mollusk assem-blages and their growing and piling-up models of modern oyster bioherms in the estuariesof the Zimaigou and Xiaoqing Rivers are described and expounded, the environmentalconditions for the development of oyster bioherms, such as the dynamical geomorphicbackground, water depth, hydrodynamic factors and ecological conditions in the estuaries,are analyzed, the relationship of the successively seaward migrating of oyster biohermswith average annual sea-level changes and the erosion--accretion processes in the estuariesare probed and explained, and the geological significance of oyster bioherms in the studyof Quaternary marine environmental evolution is presented.
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