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The figure below is a depositional facies map for the ''Glob alt'' interval's basal sequence boundary, constructed by integrating the [[Fossil assemblage|biofacies]] map, the net sandstone map, and the [http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/regions/bluewater1.htm seismic facies] map ([[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-29.png|Figures 3]], [[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-38.png|5]], and [[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-37.png|4]], respectively).

The figure below is a depositional facies map for the ''Glob alt'' interval's basal sequence boundary, constructed by integrating the [[Fossil assemblage|biofacies]] map, the net sandstone map, and the [http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/regions/bluewater1.htm seismic facies] map ([[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-29.png|Figures 3]], [[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-38.png|5]], and [[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-37.png|4]], respectively).

The upper slope deposits consist of the [http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/8fa942046ff7601c85256983007ca4d8/6d701a3f58b3c00d852570d70052c711?OpenDocument clinoform] facies and numerous areas of chaotic facies, including rotated-block packages deposited in middle [http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/regions/bluewater1.htm neritic] to upper [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bathyal bathyal] water depths ([[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-36.png|Figures 1]], [[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-37.png|4]]). The shelf facies consist of a thin interval of tabular facies representing a mixed system of inner-to-middle neritic deposits, nonmarine coastal-plain deposits, and the erosional surface at the ''Glob alt'' [[Definitions_of_depositional_system_elements#Sequence_boundaries|sequence boundary]]. The basinal deposits consist of the drape and [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=onlap onlap]-fill facies of  bathyal [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-hemipelagicsediment.html hemipelagic] [[mudstone]] that encase the sandstone-prone mounded facies of [[Wikipedia:Sediment gravity flow|sediment gravity flow]] origin, indicated here by the > [[length::200 ft]] (> 60 m) sandstone [[Subsurface_maps#Isopach|isopach]]. The gravity flow sandstones were deposited within slope valleys basinward of the physiographic [http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/continental-shelf/?ar_a=1

The upper slope deposits consist of the [http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/8fa942046ff7601c85256983007ca4d8/6d701a3f58b3c00d852570d70052c711?OpenDocument clinoform] facies and numerous areas of chaotic facies, including rotated-block packages deposited in middle [http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/regions/bluewater1.htm neritic] to upper [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bathyal bathyal] water depths ([[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-36.png|Figures 1]], [[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-37.png|4]]). The shelf facies consist of a thin interval of tabular facies representing a mixed system of inner-to-middle neritic deposits, nonmarine coastal-plain deposits, and the erosional surface at the ''Glob alt'' [[Definitions_of_depositional_system_elements#Sequence_boundaries|sequence boundary]]. The basinal deposits consist of the drape and [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=onlap onlap]-fill facies of  bathyal [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-hemipelagicsediment.html hemipelagic] [[mudstone]] that encase the sandstone-prone mounded facies of [[Wikipedia:Sediment gravity flow|sediment gravity flow]] origin, indicated here by the > [[length::200 ft]] (> 60 m) sandstone [[Subsurface_maps#Isopach|isopach]]. The gravity flow sandstones were deposited within slope valleys basinward of the physiographic [http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/continental-shelf/?ar_a=1 shelf]/[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/continental+slope slope] break in deep middle neritic and deeper-water environments during falling and [[Sea_level_cycle_phase_and_systems_tracts#Lowstand_systems_tracts|lowstand]] of sea level. The physiographic shelf/slope break is identified by the inflection point between the [http://geography_glossary.enacademic.com/578/foreset_beds foreset] and the [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topset%20beds topset] reflections of the clinoform.

shelf]/[http://www.thefreedictionary.com/continental+slope slope] break in deep middle neritic and deeper-water environments during falling and [[Sea_level_cycle_phase_and_systems_tracts#Lowstand_systems_tracts|lowstand]] of sea level. The physiographic shelf/slope break is identified by the inflection point between the [http://geography_glossary.enacademic.com/578/foreset_beds foreset] and the [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topset%20beds topset] reflections of the clinoform.

==See also==

==See also==