| + | sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-25.png|{{figure number|1}}Correlation of the third-order eustatic curve of Haq et al.<ref>Haq, B., J. Hardenbol, and P. R. Vail, 1988, Mesozoic and Cenozoic chronostratigraphy and cycles of sea-level change: SEPM Special Publication 42, p. 71–108.</ref> and the oxygen isotope curve of Williams and Trainor<ref>Williams, D. F., and D. M. Trainor, 1987, Integrated chemical stratigraphy of deep-water frontier areas of the northern Gulf of Mexico: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEPM 8th Annual Research Conference, p. 151–158.</ref> with seven prograding clinoform intervals from the High Island South Addition in the GOM basin. Copyright: Armentrout<ref name=Arm1993>Armentrout, J. M., 1993, Relative seal-level variations and fault-salt response: offshore Texas examples: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEPM 14th Annual Research Conference, p. 1–7.</ref> courtesy Gulf Coast SEPM. |
− | The nearly vertical stacking of seven shelf-margin clinoforms suggests that accommodation space was created in the same area during seven cycles of progradation. The accommodation space is formed by down-to-the-north movement on the fault. This fault is part of a counter-regional listric growth fault that soles out into salt layers at depth. Movement on the fault occurred at a rate permitting the vertical stacking of shelf-margin clinoforms during each glacial/interglacial sea level cycle rather than progressive basinward progradation of successive clinoforms across a stable shelf-slope profile. This pattern clearly demonstrates the interplay of sediment supply, tectonics, climate, and sea level.<ref name=ch04r18>Beard, J., H., Sangree, J., B., Smith, L., A., 1982, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1982-83/data/pg/0066/0002/0150/0158.htm Quaternary chronology, paleoclimate, depositional sequences, and eustatic cycles]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 66, p. 158–169.</ref><ref name=ch04r3>Anderson, R., N., Abdulah, K., Sarzalejo, S., Siringan, F., Thomas, M., A., 1996, Late Quaternary sedimentation and high-resolution [[sequence stratigraphy]] of the East Texas shelf, in DeBatist, M., Jacobs, P., eds., Geology of Siliciclastic Shelf Seas: Geological Society of London Special Publication 117, p. 94–124.</ref> | + | The nearly vertical stacking of seven shelf-margin clinoforms suggests that accommodation space was created in the same area during seven cycles of progradation. The accommodation space is formed by down-to-the-north movement on the fault. This fault is part of a counter-regional listric [[growth fault]] that soles out into salt layers at depth. Movement on the fault occurred at a rate permitting the vertical stacking of shelf-margin clinoforms during each glacial/interglacial sea level cycle rather than progressive basinward progradation of successive clinoforms across a stable shelf-slope profile. This pattern clearly demonstrates the interplay of sediment supply, tectonics, climate, and sea level.<ref name=ch04r18>Beard, J., H., Sangree, J., B., Smith, L., A., 1982, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1982-83/data/pg/0066/0002/0150/0158.htm Quaternary chronology, paleoclimate, depositional sequences, and eustatic cycles]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 66, p. 158–169.</ref><ref name=ch04r3>Anderson, R., N., Abdulah, K., Sarzalejo, S., Siringan, F., Thomas, M., A., 1996, Late Quaternary sedimentation and high-resolution sequence stratigraphy of the East Texas shelf, in DeBatist, M., Jacobs, P., eds., Geology of Siliciclastic Shelf Seas: Geological Society of London Special Publication 117, p. 94–124.</ref> |