− | A systems tract (ST) is a linkage of contemporaneous, three-dimensional arrays of lithofacies.<ref name=ch17r39>Fisher, W., L., McGowen, J., H., 1967, Depositional systems in the Wilcox Group of Texas and their relationship to occurrence of oil and gas: Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, vol. 17, p. 105–125.</ref><ref name=ch17r21>Brown, L., F., Fisher, W., L., 1977, Seismic–stratigraphic interpretation of depositional systems: examples from Brazil rift and pull-apart basins, in Payton, C., E., ed., Seismic Stratigraphy—Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration: AAPG Memoir 26, p. 213–248.</ref> The figure below shows depositional systems tracts and the bounding surfaces of a stratigraphic sequence depositional model.
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| + | A systems tract (ST) is a linkage of contemporaneous, three-dimensional arrays of lithofacies.<ref name=ch17r39>Fisher, W., L., McGowen, J., H., 1967, Depositional systems in the Wilcox Group of Texas and their relationship to occurrence of oil and gas: Transactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, vol. 17, p. 105–125.</ref><ref name=ch17r21>Brown, L., F., Fisher, W., L., 1977, Seismic–stratigraphic interpretation of depositional systems: examples from Brazil rift and pull-apart basins, in Payton, C., E., ed., Seismic Stratigraphy—Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration: AAPG Memoir 26, p. 213–248.</ref> [[:file:applied-paleontology_fig17-24.png|Figure 2]] shows depositional systems tracts and the bounding surfaces of a stratigraphic sequence depositional model. |