Depocenter

Within a basin, different areas receive different amounts of sediment through time, resulting in numerous depocenters. Each depocenter is an area containing a thick stratigraphic succession. These different depocenters have unique histories of sediment accumulation, compaction, subsidence, deformation, and thermal maturation of potential hydrocarbon [[source rocks]]. Delineation of these depocenters is the second step in basin analysis. Subdividing a depocenter into age-significant units and depositional cycles is the topic of section C.

See also

• Mapping and analysis of depocenters
• Example: mapping fluvial input
• Example: mapping depocenters through time

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