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A maximum flooding surface separates “younger from older strata across which there is an abrupt increase in water depth. This deepening is commonly accompanied by minor submarine erosion or nondeposition, but not by subaerial erosion due to stream rejuvenation or basinward shift in facies”.<ref name=ch21r45>Van Wagoner, J., C., 1995, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir64/front/000i.htm Overview of sequence stratigraphic foreland basin deposits: terminology, summary of papers, and glossary of sequence stratigraphy], in Van Wagoner, J., C., Bertram, G., T., eds., Sequence stratigraphy of Foreland Basin Deposits: Outcrop and Subsurface Examples from the Cretaceous of North America: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=146 AAPG Memoir 64], p. ix–xxi.</ref> Submarine erosion ranges from inches to tens of feet, with several feet being common.

A maximum flooding surface separates “younger from older strata across which there is an abrupt increase in water depth. This deepening is commonly accompanied by minor submarine erosion or nondeposition, but not by subaerial erosion due to stream rejuvenation or basinward shift in facies”.<ref name=ch21r45>Van Wagoner, J., C., 1995, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/specpubs/memoir64/front/000i.htm Overview of sequence stratigraphic foreland basin deposits: terminology, summary of papers, and glossary of sequence stratigraphy], in Van Wagoner, J., C., Bertram, G., T., eds., Sequence stratigraphy of Foreland Basin Deposits: Outcrop and Subsurface Examples from the Cretaceous of North America: [http://store.aapg.org/detail.aspx?id=146 AAPG Memoir 64], p. ix–xxi.</ref> Submarine erosion ranges from inches to tens of feet, with several feet being common.

A maximum flooding surface represents the point of maximum shoreline transgression. It marks the “turnaround” of the sequence from transgressive to regressive events. The maximum flooding surface is the physical boundary between the transgressive system tract (TST) and the highstand systems tract (HST). In basinward positions, it is contained within the condensed section. In starved areas, it is associated with a hardground or marine dissolution surface.<ref name=ch21r48>Weber, L., J., Sarg, J., F., Wright, F., M., 1995, [[Sequence stratigraphy]] and reservoir delineation of the middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian), Paradox basin and Aneth field, southwestern U., S., A., in Read, J., F., Weber, L., J., Sarg, J., F., Wright, F., M., eds., Milankovitch Sea-Level Changes, Cycles, and Reservoirs on Carbonate Platforms in Greenhouse and Ice-House Worlds: SEPM Short Course No. 35, 79 p.</ref> Galloway<ref name=ch21r17>Galloway, W., E., 1989, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1988-89/data/pg/0073/0002/0100/0125.htm Genetic stratigraphic sequences in basin analysis I: architecture and genesis of flooding-surface bounded depositional units]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 73, p. 125–142.</ref> argues that maximum flooding surfaces are more easily recognized and mapped than unconformities and are an alternative method of subdividing sequences.

A maximum flooding surface represents the point of maximum shoreline transgression. It marks the “turnaround” of the sequence from transgressive to regressive events. The maximum flooding surface is the physical boundary between the transgressive system tract (TST) and the highstand systems tract (HST). In basinward positions, it is contained within the condensed section. In starved areas, it is associated with a hardground or marine dissolution surface.<ref name=ch21r48>Weber, L., J., Sarg, J., F., Wright, F., M., 1995, Sequence stratigraphy and reservoir delineation of the middle Pennsylvanian (Desmoinesian), Paradox basin and Aneth field, southwestern U., S., A., in Read, J., F., Weber, L., J., Sarg, J., F., Wright, F., M., eds., Milankovitch Sea-Level Changes, Cycles, and Reservoirs on Carbonate Platforms in Greenhouse and Ice-House Worlds: SEPM Short Course No. 35, 79 p.</ref> Galloway<ref name=ch21r17>Galloway, W., E., 1989, [http://archives.datapages.com/data/bulletns/1988-89/data/pg/0073/0002/0100/0125.htm Genetic stratigraphic sequences in basin analysis I: architecture and genesis of flooding-surface bounded depositional units]: AAPG Bulletin, vol. 73, p. 125–142.</ref> argues that maximum flooding surfaces are more easily recognized and mapped than unconformities and are an alternative method of subdividing sequences.

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