Sequence stratigraphy: a revolution without a cause?

R. C. L. Wilson

doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.143.01.20

Abstract

The paper presents personal reflections on the origins and utility of sequence stratigraphic models. These focus on two questions: (1) does sequence stratigraphy represent a revolution in our understanding of the stratigraphic record, and (2) does it provide a new means of global correlation? The first question is answered in the affirmative, at least insofar as sequence stratigraphy enables us to integrate a wide range of data and interpretations across a huge range of spatial and temporal scales. The recognition of the importance of stratal surfaces has led to a greater understanding of the response by sedimentary to climatic, tectonic and eustatic changes. But it has yet to be shown that eustatic signals can be detected unequivocally in the stratigraphic record. Therefore this ‘new global stratigraphy’, based on the premise that sequence boundaries are primarily controlled by eustatic changes, is not yet a reality. Testing this hypothesis is beyond the resolution of current biostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic techniques.

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Elrick M. E.
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OpenUrl Abstract/FREE Full Text

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Pinovs O.,
Olferiev A.,
Zakharov V.
(1996) Eustatic curve for the Middle Jurassic — Cretaceous based on Russian Platform and Siberian stratigraphy: zonal resolution. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 80:1433–1458.
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(1997) in Principles of Geology, Introduction, ed Lyell C. (Penguin, London) abridged.

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Murchison R. J.
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Turner C.,
Wilson C.,
Hyden F.,
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(1997) Siliciclastic Sediments and Environments: Study Commentary for Block 1, S338 Sedimentary Processes and Basin Analysis (Open University, Milton Keynes).

[108] Skelton P.,

[109] Turner C.,

[110] Wilson C.,

[111] Hyden F.,

[112] Coe A.

[113] Sloss L. L.
(1963) Sequences in the cratonic interior of North America. Geological Society of America Bulletin 74:93–114.
OpenUrl Abstract/FREE Full Text

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[115] Sloss L. L.,
Krumbein W. C.,
Dapples E. C.
(1949) Integrated Facies analysis, Geological Society of America Memoir, 39, pp 91–124.
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[117] Krumbein W. C.,

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(1924) Grundfragen der vergleichenden Tektonik (Borntraeger, Berlin).

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(1906) The Face of Earth (Clarendon, Oxford).

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(1975) Charles Lyell and the liberation of geology. New Scientist (20 February):442–445.

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[125] Teichert C.
(1958) Concepts of facies. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 42:2718–2744.
OpenUrl Abstract

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(1993) in Sedimentology Review 1, Carbonate diagenesis and sequence stratigraphy, ed Wright V. P. (Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford), pp 51–72.

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(1992) in Eustasy: The Historical Ups and Downs of a Major Geological Concept, The evolution of seismic stratigraphy and the global sea-level curve, Geological Society of America Memoir, ed Dott R. H. Jr. 180, pp 83–91.
OpenUrl Abstract/FREE Full Text

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Mitchum R. M.,
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(1977) Seismic Stratigraphy — Applications to Hydrocarbon Exploration, Seismic stratigraphy and global changes of sea level, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir, 26, pp 83–97.
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Todd R. G.,
Sangree J. B.
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Mitchum R. M.,
Campion K. M.,
Rahmanian V. D.
(1990) Siliciclastic Sequence Stratigraphy in Well Logs, Cores, and Outcrops, Methods in Exploration Series No. 7 (American Association of Petroleum Geologists).

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