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(A) 4) T = 154 ka - Maximum sea-level fall of the fast cycle

Deep incised valley

Shelf-edge delta

100

Progradation-Degradation
of sedimentary systems

300

300

3) T = 132 ka - Maximum sea-level rise at the end of the slow cycle

200

Widespread fluvial plain

154 ka

100

132 ka

100

78 ka

Retrogradation-Aggradation
of sedimentary systems

26 ka

300

0 -100 -200

Sea-level (m)

2) T = 78 ka - Maximum sea-level fall of the slow cycle

Small incised valley

Large deltas

100

Fluvial Channel
(w.d. < 0, s.t. > 0)

Progradation-Aggradation
of sedimentary systems

300

-5 m

0 (Shoreline)

50 m

100 m

200 m

500 m

1) T = 26 ka - End of the steady phase and beginning of the slow cycle

Basement
(s.t. = 0)

Widespread fluvial plain

100

Progradation-Aggradation
of sedimentary systems

300

Fig. 3. Analysis of the evolution of sedimentary environments in response to sea-level cycles in the case of the