Channeled
Surface
– Below
Boundary
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Both have unique processes &
structures that can be used to
identify their setting
GEOL 553 Lecture 3; Subsurface
Analysis
Tools Enable Sequence Stratigraphic
Analysis
This analysis involves
Subdivision of section into sequences,
parasequences and beds.
Link conceptual models with mix of components
of the individual sequence, parasequence or beds
Use these to explain the depositional setting in
terms of their lithology, grain size, sedimentary
structures, contacts character (gradational,
abrupt) etc
Can it be supper
time?
GEOL 553 Lecture 3; Subsurface
Analysis
GEOL 553 Lecture 3; Subsurface
Analysis
Unconfined Flow - Not in a Channel
Unique Processes
Flow is in all directions
No lateral boundaries, only upper and lower
boundaries
Velocity changes: high to low
Sediment responses
Decrease in grain size: Fining outward (coarse to fine)
Erosional/sharp/gradational contacts
Accretion: Downstream, upstream and vertical
Decrease in sedimentary structures away from source
Geometries
Sheets
Thin in direction of flow
GEOL 553 Lecture 3; Subsurface
Analysis