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Presented By:
Niah Venable, Geosciences,
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
Geological First Principles
Relevant to Sequence Stratigraphy
(adapted from Posamentier and Allen, 1999)
10s my Rising
100s of meters
3rd Order Cycles
1-10 my
10s of meters
Etc. From:
Nichols, 1999
First Principles and Controls
Sequence Stratigraphy
Accommodation Space, a key first principle
Accommodation
and
First Principles and Controls
Sequence Stratigraphy
Base Level
Points coinciding with theoretical equilibrium
profile along an actual depositional profile
Base Level
Marine (lacustrine) base level is simplified as the
sea (or lake) surface
Actually much more complicated
dA/dt dSG/dt
Aaccommodation RELATIVE SEA LEVEL
SGstratal geometry
Ttime
variations in sediment
supply and
space available for
sediment accumulation
Vail, 1987
Kendall, USC
Sequence Stratigraphy www site
Sequence Stratigraphy
First Principles and Controls
Implication of high resolution sequence concepts to
aquifer/hydrocarbon reservoir correlation