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KEY
highstand systems tract (HST)
alluvial and coastal
plain sediments
maximum flooding surface (MFS)
shallow-marine
sediments
transgressive systems tract (TST)
offshore-marine
sediments
transgressive surface (TS)
lowstand systems tract (LST)
submarine
fan sediments
falling stage systems tract (FSST)
sequence boundary (SB)
RAMP MARGIN
p
d
(
t
29
sea-level
(d)
time representing
condensation due to
associated with the MFS
t
28
marine hiatus or
sediment starvation
t
26
t
24
MFS
TS
t
22
t
20
t
18
time representing non-marine erosion
and non-deposition associated with
formation of the SB
t
16
t
14
t
12
t
10
t
8
SB
t
6
correlative conformity
t
4
t
2
t
0
(e)
distance along depositional profile
Figure A6.15
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