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Sequence Stratigraphy
Intro Sequence Stratigraphy
Basics of Sequence Stratigraphy
Sequence Stratigraphic Framework
Basin Clastic Sequence Hierachies
Mixed Clastics and Carbonates
Carbonate Sequences
Deepwater Sequences This page introduces the methodology of sequence stratigraphy as applied to sediment
History of Stratigraphy
accumulation in continental, marginal marine, basin margin, and down slope settings.
Associated pages demonstrate how sequence stratigraphy subdivides the sedimentary
Exercises and Lectures
section into a framework of erosional, depositional and non-depositional surfaces.
Chronostratigraphy Pages explain how the surfaces are generated when the relative position of the sea
Phanerozoic Onlap Charts changes, enclose genetically related stratigraphic facies geometries that enable the
interpretation and the prediction of extent of sedimentary facies geometry, lithologic
Outcrop Interpretation
character, grain size, sorting and quality of porosity and permeability away from control
Well Log Interpretations points. Reconstruction of depositional setting and paleogeography are facilitated by the
Seismic Interpretation framework of sequence stratigraphy.
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Sequence Stratigraphy - Papers
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Modules: sequence stratigraphy course notes & exercises for students, professors
and those who teach professional short courses in this topic.

Movies: Guided explanations of the generation of sedimentary sequences and their

interpretation,
 Sequence stratigraphic movie (to view click on image below)

This Sedpak movie captures a sedimentary section subdivided into geometric

packages defined by bounding unconformities and internal surfaces that result from
varying positions of relative sea level and rates of sedimentation. These geometries
demonstrate why sequence stratigraphic analyses of seismic cross-sections, well logs
and outcrop studies of sedimentary rock are used to predict the thickness and extent of
sediment lithology from inferences built from this understanding of how sediment
geometry changes with relative sea level and rates of sedimentation. Click here to
Download Sedpak to make your own movies!

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