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==Seismic facies profile==

==Seismic facies profile==

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file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-36.png|{{figure number|1}}Interpreted seismic facies pattern for part of one seismic reflection profile down the axis of the High Island-East Breaks depocenter. After Armentrout.<ref name=ch04r6>Armentrout, J., M., 1987, Integration of biostratigraphy and seismic stratigraphy: Pliocene–Pleistocene, Gulf of Mexico: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEPM 8th Annual Research Conference, p. 6–14.</ref> Copyright: Gulf Coast SEPM.

file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-36.png|{{figure number|1}}Interpreted seismic facies pattern for part of one seismic reflection profile down the axis of the High Island-East Breaks depocenter. After Armentrout.<ref name=ch04r6>Armentrout, J. M., 1987, Integration of biostratigraphy and seismic stratigraphy: Pliocene–Pleistocene, Gulf of Mexico: Proceedings, Gulf Coast Section SEPM 8th Annual Research Conference, p. 6–14.</ref> Copyright: Gulf Coast SEPM.

file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-27.png|{{figure number|2}}Seismic reflection profile schematic. From Armentrout;<ref name=ch04r6 /> courtesy Gulf Coast SEPM.

file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-27.png|{{figure number|2}}Seismic reflection profile schematic. From Armentrout;<ref name=ch04r6 /> courtesy Gulf Coast SEPM.

file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-29.png|{{figure number|3}}Biofacies maps of the study area in the Gulf of Mexico. After Armentrout.<ref name=ch04r7 /><ref name=ch04r9 /> Copyright: Springer-Verlag, Geological Society of London.

file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-29.png|{{figure number|3}}Biofacies maps of the study area in the Gulf of Mexico. After Armentrout.<ref name=ch04r7 /><ref name=ch04r9 /> Copyright: Springer-Verlag, Geological Society of London.

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[[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-36.png|Figure 1]] is the interpreted [http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Seismic_facies seismic facies] pattern for part of one [[Seismic interpretation|seismic reflection profile]] down the axis of the High Island-East Breaks [[depocenter]].<ref name=ch04r7>Armentrout, J., M., 1991, Paleontological constraints on depositional modeling: examples of integration of biostratigraphy and seismic stratigraphy, Pliocene–Pleistocene, Gulf of Mexico, in Weimer, P., Link, M., H., eds., Seismic Facies and Sedimentary Processes of Submarine Fans and Turbidite Systems: New York, Springer-Verlag, p. 137–170.</ref> This is the same seismic profile shown in [[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-27.png|Figure 2]].

[[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-36.png|Figure 1]] is the interpreted [http://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Dictionary:Seismic_facies seismic facies] pattern for part of one [[Seismic interpretation|seismic reflection profile]] down the axis of the High Island-East Breaks [[depocenter]].<ref name=ch04r7>Armentrout, J. M., 1991, Paleontological constraints on depositional modeling: examples of integration of biostratigraphy and seismic stratigraphy, Pliocene–Pleistocene, Gulf of Mexico, in Weimer, P., and M. H. Link, eds., Seismic Facies and Sedimentary Processes of Submarine Fans and Turbidite Systems: New York, Springer-Verlag, p. 137–170.</ref> This is the same seismic profile shown in [[:file:sedimentary-basin-analysis_fig4-27.png|Figure 2]].

Each [[Well_log_sequence_analysis#Parasequence_stacking_patterns|prograding]] [http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/8fa942046ff7601c85256983007ca4d8/6d701a3f58b3c00d852570d70052c711?OpenDocument clinoform] contains a rotated package of chaotic facies within the upper and steepest part of the clinoform facies and basinward of the tabular facies. The clinoform facies is [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=onlap onlapped] by parallel, moderate-amplitude, onlapping reflections of the onlap-fill facies, which are subsequently [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/d/downlap.aspx downlapped] onto by the next overlying prograding clinoform. In a broader sense, the drape facies below these clinoforms and the ''Glob N'' datum represent basinal deposits; the clinoform and onlapping-fill facies represent [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/continental+slope slope] deposits; and the overlying tabular facies above the clinoforms and the ''Glob M'' datum represent [http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/continental-shelf/?ar_a=1 shelf] deposits—all part of a basin-filling succession.

Each [[Well_log_sequence_analysis#Parasequence_stacking_patterns|prograding]] [http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/8fa942046ff7601c85256983007ca4d8/6d701a3f58b3c00d852570d70052c711?OpenDocument clinoform] contains a rotated package of chaotic facies within the upper and steepest part of the clinoform facies and basinward of the tabular facies. The clinoform facies is [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms.aspx?LookIn=term%20name&filter=onlap onlapped] by parallel, moderate-amplitude, onlapping reflections of the onlap-fill facies, which are subsequently [http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/en/Terms/d/downlap.aspx downlapped] onto by the next overlying prograding clinoform. In a broader sense, the drape facies below these clinoforms and the ''Glob N'' datum represent basinal deposits; the clinoform and onlapping-fill facies represent [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/continental+slope slope] deposits; and the overlying tabular facies above the clinoforms and the ''Glob M'' datum represent [http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/continental-shelf/?ar_a=1 shelf] deposits—all part of a basin-filling succession.