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The sequences and the system tracts they enclose are subdivided
and/or bounded by a variety of "key" surfaces that bound or
envelope these discrete geometric bodies of sediment. They mark
changes in depositional regime "thresholds" across that boundary
(Kendall).
Depositional Sequence
Concordant Erosion
Toplap
Onlap
Offlap
Onlap
Downlap
Lower Bounding Surface
Underlying Surface
Lithostratigraphic cross-section
showing space/space relationships.
Shallowing upward
A parasequence is a relatively conformable succession of genetically-
related beds or bedsets bounded by marine flooding surfaces or their
correlative surfaces.
Marine Flooding Surface
Based on
Discontinuities
Lithostratigraphy & Sequence Stratigraphy
Time Significance of Bounding Surfaces