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Sequence Stratigraphy
Sequence Stratigraphy
• The sequences and the system tracts they enclose are subdivided
and/or bounded by a variety of "key" surfaces that bound or
envelope these discrete geometric bodies of sediment. They mark
changes in depositional regime "thresholds" across that boundary
(Kendall).
Depositional Sequence
r -w a t er facies
Deepe
er -w a te r facies
Shallow
Landward facies
Basinward facies
Sequence bo
undary
Photo by W. W. Little
Subsurface (seismic) Expression
Concordant Erosion
Toplap
Onlap
Offlap
Onlap
Downlap
Lower Bounding Surface
Underlying Surface
Lithostratigraphic cross-section
showing space/space relationships.
Shallowing upward
Flooding su
rface
All
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tra
tig
ra
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y
Based on
Discontinuities
Lithostratigraphy & Sequence Stratigraphy
Time Significance of Bounding Surfaces