− | [[File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-25.png|thumb|300px|{{figure number|3}}Correlation of the the third-order eustatic curve of Haq et al<ref name=ch04r43 /> and the oxygen isotope curve of William and Trainor<ref name=W&T1987>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. From Armentrout;<ref name=Armentrout1993>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.]] | + | [[File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-25.png|thumb|300px|{{figure number|3}}Correlation of the the third-order eustatic curve of Haq et al<ref name=ch04r43 /> and the oxygen isotope curve of William and Trainor<ref name=W&T1987>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. From Armentrout;<ref name=Armentrout1993>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 top seal of the ''Glob alt'' reservoir is especially effective because it is thick and has a regional extent as a consequence of its position at a third-order turnaround from regression to transgression. This turnaround is from regressive cycles 3.4–3.5–3.6 to transgressive cycles 3.7–3.8 on the Haq et al.<ref name=ch04r43>Haq, B., Hardenbol, J., Vail, P., R., 1988, Mesozoic and Cenozoic chronostratigraphy and cycles of sea-level change: SEPM Special Publication 42, p. 71–108.</ref> cycle chart ([[:File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-25.png|Figure 3]]). | | The top seal of the ''Glob alt'' reservoir is especially effective because it is thick and has a regional extent as a consequence of its position at a third-order turnaround from regression to transgression. This turnaround is from regressive cycles 3.4–3.5–3.6 to transgressive cycles 3.7–3.8 on the Haq et al.<ref name=ch04r43>Haq, B., Hardenbol, J., Vail, P., R., 1988, Mesozoic and Cenozoic chronostratigraphy and cycles of sea-level change: SEPM Special Publication 42, p. 71–108.</ref> cycle chart ([[:File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-25.png|Figure 3]]). |