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

Flooding Surface

Shown below is a well-developed flooding surface in carbonate strata. Note the sharp contact between dissimilar facies at the hammer head, with shallow subtidal facies below the hammer and deep subtidal above. This photography was taken in the Middle Ordovician Chickamauga Group near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

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