Is there a role for sequence stratigraphy in chronostratigraphy?
Nicholas Christie-Blick,
Stephen F. Pekar,
Andrew S. Madof
Abstract:Sequence stratigraphy revolutionized the field of stratigraphy in the late 1970s and 1980s by providing an interpretive depositional framework for integrating diverse stratigraphic data at the scale of sedimentary basins. However, a lack of consensus on criteria for recognizing, mapping and hence dating sequence boundaries, interpretations of uneven quality, and doubts about the universal eustatic origin and global synchrony of unconformity-related sequences limit the usefulness of sequence stratigraphy in chr… Show more
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