Fundamental Concepts of Sequence Stratigraphy

Henry W. Posamentier

Special Publications of SEPM

.... These fundamental concepts comprise the basic factors and processes that control basin-fill patterns. We will define depositional sequences, discuss how they form...

Geophysical Corner Articles from September 1996 – present, Compiled

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Integrating Sedimentology and Ichnology to Shed Light on the System Dynamics and Paleogeography of an Ancient Riverine Estuary

Curtis D. Lettley, S. George Pemberton, Murray K. Gingras, Michael J. Ranger, Barton J. Blakney

Special Publications of SEPM

... stacked sets exhibit broadly similar stratal orientations. Recognizing distinct IHS packages within a succession aids in the correlation...

Neogene Sediments of Atlantic Inner Continental Shelf off Northern Florida

Edward P. Meisburger , Michael E. Field

AAPG Bulletin

...) near Georgia. Study of more than 1,134 n. mi. (2,100 km) of high-resolution seismic-reflection profiles, nearly 200 vibratory cores, and four borings...

Eolian Sequence Stratigraphy--A Conceptual Framework: Chapter 16: Recent Developments in Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy

Gary Kocurek, Karen G. Havholm

AAPG Special Volumes

... changes of sea level, part 2: the depositional sequences as a basic unit for stratigraphic analysis, in C.E. Payton, ed., Seismic Stratigraphy...

Submarine Channel Systems and their Potential for Petroleum Localization

G. T. Moore, T. J. Fullam

Houston Geological Society

... are rare in outer neritic, bathyal, and abyssal depositional environments, existing either in channels or as blanket turbidite deposits. The forming...

The Filling of an Incised Valley by Shelf Dunes„An Example From Hervey Bay, East Coast of Australia

Tobias H.D. Payenberg, Ron Boyd, Jonathon Beaudoin, Kevin Ruming, Shannon Davies, Jason Roberts, Simon C. Lang

Special Publications of SEPM

..., tropical carbonate platforms (Boyd et al., 2004). Three main carbonate platforms, CP1–CP3, were identified on seismic profiles and through dredging during...

Ecologic Criteria for Recognition of Depositional Environments in Carbonate Rocks: ABSTRACT

H. A. Lowenstam

AAPG Bulletin

... rocks. Data are presented to illustrate their usefulness in recognizing certain ecologic factors in the depositional environment of carbonate rocks...

Application of High-Resolution Sequence Stratigraphy to the Upper Rotliegend in the Netherlands Offshore: Chapterr 11: Recent Applications of Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy

Chang-Shu Yang, Swie-Djin Nio

AAPG Special Volumes

... facies patterns. With this concept, 12 third-order sequences, which belong to five supersequences, have been discerned and correlated in the Upper...

Lateral variability of shelf-edge and basin-floor deposits, Santos Basin, offshore Brazil

Michael J. Steventon, Christopher A-L. Jackson, David M. Hodgson, Howard D. Johnson

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of Petroleum Geologists, Bulletin, v. 74, p. 425– 453. Williams, B.G., and Hubbard, R.J., 1984, Seismic stratigraphic framework and depositional sequences...

Mass-Transport Complexes (MTCs) and Tectonic Control on Basin-Floor Submarine Fans, Middle Eocene, South Spanish Pyrenees

Kevin T. Pickering, Jordi Corregidor

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... for these vertical sequences provides a readily testable depositional model for other deep-marine clastic systems associated with a tectonically active...

Submarine Channel Deposits Fluxoturbidites and Other Indicators of Slope and Base of Slope Environments in Modern and Ancient Marine Basins

Daniel J. Stanley, Rafael Unrug

Special Publications of SEPM

... strata seismic profiles in Knott and Hoskins 1970 These and Kelling and Stanley features buried and shelf edge benches terraces and channels...

Concluding Statement

Henry W. Posamentier

Special Publications of SEPM

.... 117-133. MITCHUM, M., JR., SANGREE, B., VAIL,P. R., AND WORNARDT, R. J. W.W., 1993, Recognizing sequences and systems tracts from well logs, seismic...

Pedogenic Mud Aggregates and Paleosol Development in Ancient Dryland River Systems: Criteria for Interpreting Alluvial Mudrock Origin and Floodplain Dynamics

Reidar Muller, Johan Petter Nystuen, V. Paul Wright

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

... of densely packed clay and silt dominate the floodplain facies. These aggregates are present both in situ in paleovertisol profiles and as reworked...

Comparison of Viking Sandstone Sequences, Joffre and Caroline Fields

Gerry E. Reinson, A. E. Foscolos, T. G. Powell

CSPG Special Publications

... base (10 to 20 m). If we consider facies A, B, and C only, the Viking would consist of two stacked coarsening upward sequences (ie. AB couplets and CB...

The Use of Coherence Cube Visualization in Picking Seismic Processing Parameters and Post Processing Hybrid Visualization Products

Otto J. Welper

GCAGS Transactions

...The Use of Coherence Cube Visualization in Picking Seismic Processing Parameters and Post Processing Hybrid Visualization Products Otto J. Welper...

Seismic and geological constraints on the structure and hydrocarbon potential of the northern Whitehorse trough, Yukon, Canada

Don White, Maurice Colpron, Grant Buffett

CSPG Bulletin

... the geoscience database of the area for use in hydrocarbon potential assessment. The survey comprises two seismic profiles totaling 170 km in length acquired...

Sequence Stratigraphy and Systems Tract Development of the Latemar Platform, Middle Triassic of the Dolomites (Northern Italy): Outcrop Calibration Keyed by Cycle Stacking Patterns: Chapter 14

R. K. Goldhammer, M. T. Harris, P. A. Dunn, L. A. Hardie

AAPG Special Volumes

... of sequence boundaries and systems tracts at the seismic scale. Attention has focused on criteria for recognizing third-order sequence boundaries and systems...

Paleogeography and Eustatic–Tectonic Model of Late Campanian Cretaceous Sedimentation, Southwestern Wyoming and Northwestern Colorado

Louise W. Kiteley

Rocky Mountain Section (SEPM)

... to distinguish on outcrop but certain attributes seem to characterize uniquely each depositional setting. Prodelta sequences beneath delta front sandstone...

Application of three-dimensional seismic texture analysis with special reference to deep-marine facies discrimination and interpretation: Offshore Angola, west Africa

Dengliang Gao

AAPG Bulletin

...-dimensional seismic data, 6th ed.: AAPG Memoir 42, 541 p.Brown, L. F. Jr., and W. L. Fisher, 1977, Seismic-stratigraphic interpretation of depositional systems...

Systematic organization of thin-bedded turbidites in ancient deep-marine levees: Possible evidence of rhythmic pulsing in turbidity currents

Celeste M. Cunningham, R. William C. Arnott

Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

..., and as a result these sub-seismic-scale attributes to the larger-scale depositional evolution of levee deposits remain poorly known. Deep-marine levees...

Construction of Base-Level Maps

A. N. Lastochkin

Petroleum Geology: A Digest of Russian Literature

... of V. P. Filosofov (6) is a map of base levels. Characteristic are horseshoe-shaped contours of isobases, which are important criteria for recognizing...

ABSTRACT: Facies Analysis at Triassic/Jurassic Boundary: Support for Eustatic Control of Global "Sequence Stratigraphy", by David L. Loughman; #91030 (2010)

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Distribution of Benthic Foraminifers Across a Middle Miocene Basin Margin, Central California: Paleoenvironmental, Tectonic, and Biostratigraphic Implications: ABSTRACT

Martin B. Lagoe, Kristin McDougall

AAPG Bulletin

... stratigraphic markers, some difficulty is encountered in recognizing certain zones and chronostratigraphic sequences are boundaries as presently defined...

ABSTRACT: Development of a Circum-Arctic Chronostratigraphic Framework: Application and Refinement of the Sequence Stratigraphic Record on the North Slope of Alaska, by Burns, Beverly A.; Demchuk, Thomas D. ; #90142 (2012)

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