堆積シーケンスとその境界の認定と意義

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The depositional sequence concept was established in newly developed sequence stratigraphy, as an unconformity-bounded stratigraphic unit formed during one complete sea-level cycle. This paper reviews general meanings of “sequence”, the definition of depositional sequences, their hierarchial patterns and recognition, and sequence boundaries problems, from a viewpoint of sedimentary geology based on outcrops and bore-hole samples.<BR>Though the word, “sequence” has many meanings generally applied to successive geologic events and processes in chronologic order, a depositional sequence is defined in a special sense, as “a relatively conformable succession of genetically related strata bounded at its top and base by unconformities and their correlative conformities”. The depositional sequence as one of hierarchial transgressive and regressive units (T-R units), has the first- to forth-order operational units, that is, the megasequence, supersequence, sequence and parasequence in descending order. A sequence boundary with a significant hiatus (=unconformity) is formed by subaerial exposure, concurrent subaerial erosion and partly submarine erosion during eustatic falls or low-stand sea level.<BR>The latter half of this paper emphasizes the difference between sequence boundaries and ravinement surfaces. The ravinement surface formed as one of diastems or “transgressive surfaces”, is an erosional surface by shoreface retreat during the following transgression after a sea-level fall. In general, it is lithologically more distinct than the underlying sequence boundary. The right recognition of the difference leads correct reconstructions of sedimentary history.
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