I Review of Current Concepts |
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3 | (12) |
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Sequence Stratigraphy: A New Paradigm? |
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3 | (1) |
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3 | (6) |
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Problems and Research Trends: The Current Status |
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9 | (2) |
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Stratigraphic Terminology |
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11 | (4) |
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Methods for Studying Sequence Stratigraphy |
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15 | (34) |
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15 | (1) |
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Erecting a Sequence Framework |
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15 | (15) |
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The Importance of Unconformities |
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15 | (6) |
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21 | (1) |
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Stratigraphic Architecture: The Seismic Method |
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22 | (8) |
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Methods for Assessing Regional and Global Changes in Sea Level, Other Than Seismic Stratigraphy |
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30 | (18) |
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Areas and Volumes of Stratigraphic Units |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (7) |
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Sea-Level Estimation from Paleoshorelines and Other Fixed Points |
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40 | (3) |
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Documentation of Meter-Scale Cycles |
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43 | (5) |
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Integrated Tectonic-Stratigraphic Analysis |
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48 | (1) |
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The Four Basic Types of Stratigraphic Cycle |
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49 | (8) |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (1) |
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Cycles with Episodicities of Tens of Millions of Years |
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52 | (1) |
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Cycles with Million-Year Episodicities |
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53 | (3) |
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Cycles with Episodicities of Less Than One Million Years |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (14) |
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57 | (1) |
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57 | (2) |
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Depositional Systems and Systems Tracts |
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59 | (6) |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (4) |
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71 | (6) |
II The Stratigraphic Framework |
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77 | (106) |
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Cycles with Episodicities of Tens to Hundreds of Millions of Years |
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79 | (20) |
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Climate, Sedimentation, and Biogenesis |
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79 | (2) |
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81 | (4) |
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The Tectonic-Stratigraphic Model |
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83 | (1) |
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83 | (2) |
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Cycles with Episodicities of Tens of Millions of Years |
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85 | (13) |
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Intercontinental Correlations |
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85 | (3) |
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Tectonostratigraphic Sequences |
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88 | (10) |
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98 | (1) |
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Cycles with Million-Year Episodicities |
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99 | (40) |
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Extensional and Rifted Clastic Continental Margins |
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99 | (2) |
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Foreland Basin of the North American Western Interior |
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101 | (7) |
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108 | (7) |
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115 | (5) |
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120 | (5) |
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125 | (3) |
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Carbonate Cycles of Platforms and Craton Margins |
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128 | (9) |
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Evidence of Cyclicity in the Deep Oceans |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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Cycles with Episodicities of Less Than One Million Years |
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139 | (44) |
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139 | (1) |
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Neogene Clastic Cycles of Continental Margins |
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139 | (10) |
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Pre-Neogene Marine Carbonate and Clastic Cycles |
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149 | (8) |
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Late Paleozoic Cyclothems |
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157 | (4) |
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Lacustrine Clastic and Chemical Rhythms |
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161 | (6) |
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Clastic Cycles of Foreland Basins |
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167 | (13) |
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180 | (3) |
III Mechanisms |
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183 | (88) |
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Long-Term Eustasy and Epeirogeny |
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185 | (16) |
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Mantle Processes and Dynamic Topography |
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185 | (1) |
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185 | (6) |
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Cycles with Episodicities of Tens of Millions of Years |
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191 | (8) |
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191 | (7) |
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Dynamic Topography and Epeirogeny |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (2) |
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201 | (24) |
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201 | (1) |
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The Nature of Milankovitch Processes |
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202 | (12) |
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Components of Orbital Forcing |
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202 | (1) |
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202 | (3) |
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Variations with Time in Orbital Periodicities |
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205 | (1) |
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Isostasy and Geoid Changes |
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206 | (1) |
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The Nature of the Cyclostratigraphic Data Base |
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206 | (2) |
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The Sensitivity of the Earth to Glaciation |
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208 | (2) |
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Glacioeustasy in the Mesozoic? |
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210 | (1) |
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Nonglacial Milankovitch Cyclicity |
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211 | (3) |
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214 | (2) |
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Late Paleozoic Cyclothems |
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216 | (6) |
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The End-Ordovician Glaciation |
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222 | (1) |
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222 | (3) |
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225 | (46) |
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225 | (3) |
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Rifting and Thermal Evolution of Divergent Plate Margins |
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228 | (10) |
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Basic Geophysical Models and Their Implications for Sea-Level Change |
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228 | (5) |
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Some Results from the Analysis of Modern Data Sets |
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233 | (5) |
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Tectonism on Convergent Plate Margins and in Collision Zones |
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238 | (17) |
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Magmatic Arcs and Subduction |
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238 | (1) |
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Tectonism Versus Eustasy in Foreland Basins |
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239 | (4) |
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The North American Western Interior Basin |
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243 | (7) |
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The Appalachian Foreland Basin |
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250 | (1) |
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Pyrenean and Himalayan Basins |
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251 | (1) |
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Rates of Uplift and Subsidence |
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252 | (2) |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (8) |
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The Pattern of Global Stress |
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255 | (1) |
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In-Plane Stress as a Control of Sequence Architecture |
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256 | (3) |
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In-Plane Stress and Regional Histories of Sea-Level Change |
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259 | (4) |
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263 | (1) |
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Other Speculative Tectonic Hypotheses |
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264 | (1) |
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Sediment Supply and the Importance of Big Rivers |
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265 | (4) |
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269 | (1) |
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269 | (2) |
IV Chronostratigraphy and Correlation: Why the Global Cycle Chart Should Be Abandoned |
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271 | (52) |
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Time in Sequence Stratigraphy |
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273 | (8) |
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273 | (1) |
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Hierarchies of Time and the Completeness of the Stratigraphic Record |
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273 | (6) |
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279 | (2) |
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Correlation, and the Potential for Error |
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281 | (28) |
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281 | (1) |
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The New Paradigm of Geological Time? |
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282 | (2) |
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The Dating and Correlation of Stratigraphic Events: Potential Sources of Uncertainty |
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284 | (16) |
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Identification of Sequence Boundaries |
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286 | (1) |
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Chronostratigraphic Meaning of Unconformities |
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286 | (2) |
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Determination of the Biostratigraphic Framework |
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288 | (1) |
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The Problem of Incomplete Biostratigraphic Recovery |
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288 | (1) |
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Diachroneity of the Biostratigraphic Record |
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289 | (2) |
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The Value of Quantitative Biostratigraphic Methods |
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291 | (2) |
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Assessment of Relative Biostratigraphic Precision |
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293 | (2) |
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Correlation of Biozones with the Global Stage Framework |
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295 | (1) |
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Assignment of Absolute Ages |
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296 | (2) |
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Implications for the Exxon Global Cycle Chart |
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298 | (2) |
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Correlating Regional Sequence Frameworks with the Global Cycle Chart |
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300 | (6) |
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Circular Reasoning from Regional Data |
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300 | (2) |
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A Rigorous Test of the Global Cycle Chart |
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302 | (2) |
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304 | (2) |
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306 | (1) |
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306 | (3) |
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Sea-Level Curves Compared |
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309 | (14) |
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309 | (1) |
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The Exxon Curves: Revisions, Errors, and Uncertainties |
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309 | (2) |
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311 | (9) |
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Cretaceous Sea-Level Curves |
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313 | (3) |
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Jurassic Sea-Level Curves |
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316 | (4) |
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Why Does the Exxon Global Cycle Chart Contain So Many More Events Than Other Sea-Level Curves? |
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320 | (1) |
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320 | (3) |
V Approaches to a Modern Sequence-Stratigraphic Framework |
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323 | (50) |
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Elaboration of the Basic Sequence Model |
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325 | (40) |
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325 | (1) |
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325 | (12) |
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The Hierarchy of Units and Bounding Surfaces |
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325 | (6) |
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Systems Tracts and Sequence Boundaries |
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331 | (6) |
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The Sequence Stratigraphy of Clastic Depositional Systems |
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337 | (20) |
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Fluvial Deposits and Their Relationship to Sea-Level Change |
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337 | (4) |
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The Concept of the Bayline |
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341 | (2) |
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Deltas, Beach-Barrier Systems, and Estuaries |
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343 | (7) |
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Shelf Systems: Sand Shoals and Condensed Sections |
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350 | (5) |
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355 | (2) |
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The Sequence Stratigraphy of Carbonate Depositional Systems |
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357 | (4) |
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Platform Carbonates: Catch-Up Versus Keep-Up |
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357 | (3) |
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360 | (1) |
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Pelagic Carbonate Environments |
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361 | (1) |
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361 | (4) |
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Numerical and Graphical Modeling of Sequences |
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365 | (8) |
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365 | (1) |
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366 | (3) |
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Selected Examples of Model Results |
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369 | (3) |
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372 | (1) |
VI Discussion and Conclusions |
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373 | (24) |
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Implications for Petroleum Geology |
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375 | (10) |
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375 | (1) |
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Integrated Tectonic-Stratigraphic Analysis |
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375 | (3) |
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The Basis of the Methodology |
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375 | (1) |
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The Development of an Allostratigraphic Framework |
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375 | (1) |
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Choice of Sequence-Stratigraphic Models |
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376 | (1) |
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The Search for Mechanisms |
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377 | (1) |
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Reservoir Characterization |
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377 | (1) |
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Controversies in Practical Sequence Analysis |
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378 | (6) |
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The Case of the Tocito Sandstone, New Mexico |
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378 | (1) |
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The Case of Gippsland Basin, Australia |
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378 | (4) |
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Conclusions: A Modified Approach to Sequence Analysis for Practicing Petroleum Geologists and Geophysicists |
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382 | (2) |
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384 | (1) |
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Conclusions and Recommendations |
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385 | (12) |
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Sequences in the Stratigraphic Record |
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385 | (1) |
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Long-Term Stratigraphic Cycles |
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385 | (1) |
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Cycles with Million-Year Episodicities |
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385 | (1) |
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Cycles with Episodicities of Less Than One Million Years |
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386 | (1) |
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386 | (3) |
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Long-Term Eustasy and Epeirogeny |
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386 | (1) |
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387 | (1) |
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387 | (2) |
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Chronostratigraphy and Correlation |
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389 | (1) |
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389 | (1) |
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Correlation Problems, and the Basis of the Global Cycle Chart |
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389 | (1) |
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Comparison of Sea-Level Curves |
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390 | (1) |
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390 | (2) |
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Elaboration of the Basic Sequence Model |
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390 | (1) |
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Numerical and Graphical Modeling of Stratigraphic Sequences |
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391 | (1) |
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Implications for Petroleum Geology |
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392 | (1) |
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The Global-Eustasy Paradigm: Working Backwards from the Answer? |
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392 | (3) |
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392 | (3) |
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395 | (1) |
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395 | (2) |
References |
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397 | (26) |
Author Index |
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423 | (6) |
Subject Index |
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