UGA Stratigraphy Lab

The data is in the strata

• UGA
• Geology Dept.
• Stratigraphy Lab
• Steven Holland

• Online Guide to Sequence Stratigraphy
• Introduction
• Accommodation
• Parasequences
• Parasequence Sets
• Sequences
• Surfaces
• Type 1 vs. Type 2
• Application
• Chronostratigraphy
• Carbonates
• Glossary
• Further Reading

Deltaic Parasequence

Shown below is a coarsening-upward parasequence developed along a deltaic coastline. Note the flooding surface defined by the abrupt shift from the thick sandstone bed to the overlying mudstone facies near the top of the photograph. This photograph was taken in the Torrey Member of the Moenkopi Formation in Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. The trees in the foreground are approximately 1 meter high.

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