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* Transgressive systems tract deposition
 
* Transgressive systems tract deposition
 
** Rate of rise is at a maximum.
 
** Rate of rise is at a maximum.
** During brief slowdowns in the rate of rise, parasequences (fourth-order sequences) prograde; but overall they stack in a backstepping pattern.
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** During brief slowdowns in the rate of rise, parasequences (fourth-order sequences) [[Depocenter#Sediment_supply_rate_and_facies_patterns|prograde]]; but overall they stack in a backstepping pattern.
 
** Organic-rich (condensed) section moves up onto the shelf.
 
** Organic-rich (condensed) section moves up onto the shelf.
 
** Fluvial systems typically shift from braided to meandering pattern.
 
** Fluvial systems typically shift from braided to meandering pattern.
 
* Highstand systems tract deposition
 
* Highstand systems tract deposition
 
** Rate of sea level rise is at a minimum; in the late highstand, it falls slowly.
 
** Rate of sea level rise is at a minimum; in the late highstand, it falls slowly.
** Depositional rates exceed rate of sea level rise, causing parasequences to build basinward in aggradational to progradational parasequence sets.
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** Depositional rates exceed rate of sea level rise, causing parasequences to build basinward in [[Depocenter#Sediment_supply_rate_and_facies_patterns|aggradational]] to progradational parasequence sets.
 
** Parasequences downlap onto the condensed section.
 
** Parasequences downlap onto the condensed section.
  
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