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==Depositional facies map==
 
==Depositional facies map==
The figure below is a depositional facies map for the ''Glob alt'' interval's basal sequence boundary, constructed by integrating the biofacies map, the net sandstone map, and the 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).
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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 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 clinoform facies and numerous areas of chaotic facies, including rotated-block packages deposited in middle neritic to upper 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'' sequence boundary. The basinal deposits consist of the drape and onlap-fill facies of bathyal hemipelagic mudstone that encase the sandstone-prone mounded facies of sediment gravity flow origin, indicated here by the > [[length::200 ft]] (> 60 m) sandstone isopach. The gravity-flow sandstones were deposited within slope valleys basinward of the physiographic shelf/slope break in deep middle neritic and deeper-water environments during falling and lowstand of sea level. The physiographic shelf/slope break is identified by the inflection point between the fore-set and the topset reflections of the clinoform.
 
The upper slope deposits consist of the clinoform facies and numerous areas of chaotic facies, including rotated-block packages deposited in middle neritic to upper 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'' sequence boundary. The basinal deposits consist of the drape and onlap-fill facies of bathyal hemipelagic mudstone that encase the sandstone-prone mounded facies of sediment gravity flow origin, indicated here by the > [[length::200 ft]] (> 60 m) sandstone isopach. The gravity-flow sandstones were deposited within slope valleys basinward of the physiographic shelf/slope break in deep middle neritic and deeper-water environments during falling and lowstand of sea level. The physiographic shelf/slope break is identified by the inflection point between the fore-set and the topset reflections of the clinoform.
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