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Basics of Sequence Stratigraphy
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Basin Clastic Sequence Hierarchies
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Carbonate Sequences
Deepwater Sequences This page introduces the methodology of sequence stratigraphy as applied to the
interpretation of sediment accumulation in continental, marginal marine, basin
History of Stratigraphy
margin, and down slope settings. Associated pages demonstrate how sequence
Exercises and Lectures stratigraphy involves subdividing the sedimentary section into a framework of
Chronostratigraphy erosional, depositional and non-depositional surfaces and characterizes the
Phanerozoic Onlap Charts sediments enclosed by these surfaces. Pages on the site explain how these
surfaces are interpreted to have been generated by changes in the relative position
Outcrop Interpretation
of the sea and enclose genetically related sedimentary facies formed into
Well Log Interpretations successions of stratal geometries. These facies and geometries are used to interpret
Seismic Interpretation and the predict the extent of these sedimentary facies geometries, lithologic
character, grain size, sorting and quality of porosity and permeability away from
Sequence Stratigraphy Links
control points. Reconstruction of depositional setting and paleogeography are
Sequence Stratigraphy - Papers facilitated by the framework of sequence stratigraphy and the successions of stratal
Sequence Stratigraphy - Texts geometries they enclose.
Sediments & Rocks
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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)

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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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