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| This article discusses the concept of depositional sequences and how to identify them, using a data set from the High Island–East Breaks area. The location of this study area is shown on the depocenter maps of Figures [[:File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-13.png|1]] through [[:file:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-13.png|4]]. | | This article discusses the concept of depositional sequences and how to identify them, using a data set from the High Island–East Breaks area. The location of this study area is shown on the depocenter maps of Figures [[:File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-13.png|1]] through [[:file:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-13.png|4]]. |
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− | File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-13.png|{{figure number|1}} | + | File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-13.png|{{figure number|1}}Paleogeography of the Mississippi River depositional system from approximately 6 Ma to 4 Ma. After Piggott and Pulham;<ref name=P&P1993>Piggott, N., and A. Pulham, 1993, Sedimentation rate as the control on hydrocarbon sourcing, generation, and migration in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEPM 14th Annual Research Conference, p. 179–191.</ref> courtesy Gulf Coast Section SEPM. |
− | File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-14.png|{{figure number|2}} | + | File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-14.png|{{figure number|2}}Paleogeography from approximately 4 Ma to 3 Ma. After Piggott and Pulham;<ref name=P&P1993 /> courtesy Gulf Coast Section SEPM. |
− | File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-15.png|{{figure number|3}} | + | File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-15.png|{{figure number|3}}Paleogeography from approximately 2.5 Ma to 2 Ma. After Piggott and Pulham;<ref name=P&P1993 />; courtesy Gulf Coast Section SEPM. |
− | File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-16.png|{{figure number|4}} | + | File:Sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-16.png|{{figure number|4}}Paleogeographic map representing time from about 1 Ma to the present. After Piggott and Pulham;<ref name=P&P1993 /> courtesy Gulf Coast Section SEPM. Also after Weimer;<ref>Weimer, P., 1990, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1990-91/data/pg/0074/0004/0000/0425.htm Sequence stratigraphy, facies geometries, and depositional history of the Mississippi fan, Gulf of Mexico]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 74, p. 425–453.</ref> courtesy AAPG. |
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| * [[Recognizing stacked depositional sequences in seismic profiles]] | | * [[Recognizing stacked depositional sequences in seismic profiles]] |
| * [[Recognizing stacked depositional sequences from well data]] | | * [[Recognizing stacked depositional sequences from well data]] |
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| ==External links== | | ==External links== |