The accommodation concept in sequence stratigraphy: Some dimensional problems and possible redefinition

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Muto, Tetsuji ^a   Steel, Ron J ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

A S ratio concept; Accommodation; Anti accommodation; Potential accommodation; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0034104193     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00107-4     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Cross, T.A., 1988. Controls on coal distribution in transgressive-regressive cycles, Upper Cretaceous, Western Interior, U.S.A. In: Wilgus, C.K., Hastings, B.S., Kendall, C.G.St.C., Posamentier, H.W., Ross, C.A., Van Wagoner, J.C. (Eds.), Sea-Level Changes: An Integrated Approach. Soc. Econ. Paleontol. Mineral., Spec. Publ. 42, 371-380.
2. Gilbert, G.K., 1877. Report on the geology of the Henry Mountains. U.S. Geogr. Geol. Surv. Rocky Mtn. Region, 160 pp.
3. Green, J.F.N., 1936. The terraces of southernmost England. Q. J. Geol. Soc. London 92, LVIII-LXXXVIII (Presidential address).
4. Jervey, M.T., 1988. Quantitative geological modeling of siliciclastic rock sequences and their seismic expression. In: Wilgus, C.K., Hastings, B.S., Kendall, C.G.St.C., Posamentier, H.W., Ross, C.A., Van Wagoner, J.C. (Eds.), Sea-Level Changes: An Integrated Approach. Soc. Econ. Paleontol. Mineral., Spec. Publ. 42, 47-69.
5. Johnson, D.D., Beaumont, C., 1995. Preliminary results from a planform kinematic model of orogen evolution, surface processes and the development of clastic foreland basin stratigraphy. In: Dorobek, S.L., Ross, G.M. (Eds.), Stratigraphic Evolution of Foreland Basins. SEPM, Spec. Publ. 52, 3-24.
6. Jones O.T. The upper Towy drainage-system. Q. J. Geol. Soc. London. 80:1924;568-609.
7. Kesseli J.E. The concept of the graded river. J. Geol. 49:1941;561-588.
8. Krumbein W.C. Sediments and exponential curves. J. Geol. 45:1937;577-601.
9. Leopold L.B., Bull W.B. Base level, aggradation, and grade. Proc. Am. Philos. Soc. 123:1979;168-202.
10. Mackin J.H. Concept of the graded river. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 59:1948;463-512.
11. Miall A.D. Stratigraphic sequences and their chronostratigraphic correlation. J. Sediment. Petrol. 61:1991;497-505.
12. Muto T., Steel R.J. Principles of regression and transgression: the nature of the interplay between accommodation and sediment supply. J. Sediment. Res. 67:1997;994-1000.
13. Nummedal, D., Riley, G.W., Templet, P.L., 1993. High-resolution sequence architecture: a chronostratigraphic model based on equilibrium profile studies. In: Posamentier, H.W., Summerhayes, C.P., Haq, B.U., Allen, G.P. (Eds.), Sequence Stratigraphy and Facies Associations. Int. Assoc. Sedimentol. Spec. Publ. 18, 55-68.
14. Posamentier, H.W., Vail, P.R., 1988. Eustatic controls on clastic deposition II - sequence and systems tracts models. In: Wilgus, C.K., Hastings, B.S., Kendall, C.G.St.C., Posamentier, H.W., Ross, C.A., Van Wagoner, J.C. (Eds.), Sea-Level Changes: An Integrated Approach. Soc. Econ. Paleontol. Mineral., Spec. Publ. 42, 125-154.
15. Posamentier, H.W., Jervey, M.T., Vail, P.R., 1988. Eustatic controls on clastic deposition I - conceptual framework. In: Wilgus, C.K., Hastings, B.S., Kendall, C.G.St.C., Posamentier, H.W., Ross, C.A., Van Wagoner, J.C. (Eds.), Sea-Level Changes: An Integrated Approach. Soc. Econ. Paleontol. Mineral., Spec. Publ. 42, 109-124.
16. Schumm S.A., Lichty R.W. Time, space, and causality in geomorphology. Am. J. Sci. 263:1965;110-119.
17. Shanley K.W., McCabe P.J. Perspectives on the sequence stratigraphy of continental strata. Am. Assoc. Pet. Geol. Bull. 78:1994;544-568.
18. Strahler A.N. Dynamic basis of geomorphology. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 63:1952;923-938.
19. Thorne, J.A., Swift, D.J.P., 1991. Sedimentation on continental margins, II: application of the regime concept. In: Swift, D.J.P., Oertel, G.F., Tillman, R.W., Thorne, J.A. (Eds.), Shelf Sand and Sandstone Bodies. Int. Assoc. Sedimentol. Spec. Publ. 14, 33-58.
20. Van Wagoner, J.C., Posamentier, H.W., Mitchum, R.M., Vail, P.R., Sarg, J.F., Loutit, T.S., Hardenbol, J., 1988. An overview of the fundamentals of sequence stratigraphy and key definitions. In: Wilgus, C.K., Hastings, B.S., Kendall, C.G.St.C., Posamentier, H.W., Ross, C.A., Van Wagoner, J.C. (Eds.), Sea-Level Changes: An Integrated Approach. Soc. Econ. Paleontol. Mineral., Spec. Publ. 42, 39-45.
21. Wheeler H.E. Baselevel, lithostratigraphic surface and time stratigraphy. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 75:1964;599-610.
22. Wheeler, H.E., 1964b. Baselevel transit cycle. In: Merriam, D.F. (Ed.), Symposium on Cyclic Sedimentation. Kans. Geol. Surv. Bull. 169, 623-630.
23. Woodford A.D. Stream gradient and Monterey Sea valley. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 62:1951;799-851.
24. Yatsu E. On the longitudinal profile of the graded river. Trans. Am. Geophys. Union. 36:1955;655-663.