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Glossary: Stratigraphy
Two-dimensional, dip-parallel profile showing the systems tract configuration for the standard depositional sequence model. TR = transgression; NR = normal regression. Systems tracts are: TST transgressive; HST highstand; FSST falling stage; LST lowstand; RST regressive. Modified quite a lot from Catuneanu, 2006.