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SEQUENCE FACIES [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

The sequence of vertical and horizontal facies succession of different ages, whose organization reflects the depositional processes ... the characteristics of the depositional environment ... or the sedimentary evolution within a basin ...

OBS

Facies sequence can be defined at different scales: elementary sequence, mesosequence, and major sequence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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