Category: Interpreting ancient environments

November 11, 2020

This post about lapouts (onlap, toplap, downlap, offlap, truncation) is a companion to Clinoforms and

November 6, 2020

Earth’s surface is a time plane. It is a plane of deposition and erosion, of chemical

October 25, 2020

Stratigraphic trends in outcrop and core, and the role they play in identifying parasequence stacking

October 18, 2020

A brief look at identifying shoreline trajectories in stratigraphic successions. This post is part of

October 13, 2020

Parasequences are the building blocks of shallow marine systems tracts. The stratigraphy of ancient,

October 4, 2020

A brief look at the key stratigraphic surfaces that help us construct sequence stratigraphic models.

September 25, 2020

Stratigraphic repetition, stratigraphic cycles, and stratigraphic trends We know with reasonable certainty that the sun

September 20, 2020

Or why the distinction between allogenic and autogenic dynamics is not as straight forward as

September 10, 2020

One of the beaches we frequent, off the beaten track and commonly deserted, has at

August 25, 2020

Changes in sea level, or baselevel, are central to all forms of genetic stratigraphy. Shorelines