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A [[depositional sequence]] is bounded by [[Unconformity|unconformities]] or the correlative conformity. It is subdivided by internal surfaces of [[transgression]] and [[maximum flooding]].<ref name=ch04r99>Vail, P., R., 1987, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/oversiz2/data/a188/a188/0001/0000/0001.htm Seismic stratigraphy interpretation procedure], in Bally, A., W., ed., Atlas of Seismic Stratigraphy: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=478 AAPG Studies in Geology No. 1], p. 1–10.</ref><ref name=ch04r70>Mitchum, R., M., Jr., Van Wagoner, J., C., 1990, High-frequency sequences and eustatic cycles in the Gulf of Mexico basin: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEPM 11th Annual Research conference, p. 257–267.</ref> Each of these surfaces is [[Chronostratigraphy|chronostratigraphically]] significant, consistently separating older strata from younger strata.

A depositional sequence is bounded by [[Unconformity|unconformities]] or the correlative conformity. It is subdivided by internal surfaces of [[transgression]] and [[maximum flooding]].<ref name=ch04r99>Vail, P., R., 1987, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/oversiz2/data/a188/a188/0001/0000/0001.htm Seismic stratigraphy interpretation procedure], in Bally, A., W., ed., Atlas of Seismic Stratigraphy: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=478 AAPG Studies in Geology No. 1], p. 1–10.</ref><ref name=ch04r70>Mitchum, R., M., Jr., Van Wagoner, J., C., 1990, High-frequency sequences and eustatic cycles in the Gulf of Mexico basin: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEPM 11th Annual Research conference, p. 257–267.</ref> Each of these surfaces is [[Chronostratigraphy|chronostratigraphically]] significant, consistently separating older strata from younger strata.

==Identifying data==

==Identifying data==

==See also==

==See also==

 

* [[Definitions of depositional system elements]]

* [[Definitions of depositional system elements]]

* [[Identifying depositional sequences in seismic sections]]

* [[Identifying depositional sequences in seismic sections]]