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Embryo dune is the phrase I was taught, and I seem to recall seeing in an OCR textbook. The term refers to the newest dune before it has been colonised and become the fore dune. --Steinsky 02:50, 16 Aug 2003 (UTC)

I think embryo dune could be a real word. The problem I am having is that it was described as being at the swash line (i.e., on the beach, not the dune). I suspect that the sequence you were taught seems to apply to dune systems that are behind a beach that is always advancing seaward. That is the only explain I can think of for the description of succession as if it were laid out on a sequence of dunes. That seems to me to be atypical. The youngest dunes are typically not the ones nearest the sea with the oldest ones furthest inland, except that the near ones might be disturbed by the sea more frequently and therefore less advanced in their succession. But I'm certainly not knowledgeable enough with all dune systems to say there are not systems in the world exactly as you describe them. At some point we will need to differentiate between the types. -- Marshman 16:59, 16 Aug 2003 (UTC)

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