Progradational Parasequence Set

Retrogradation

Retrogradational Parasequence Set

Stacking patterns

A parasequence set in which successively younger parasequences are deposited above one another with no significant lateral sifts. The rate of accommodation approximates the rate of deposition.

References
Van Wagoner, J.C., Posamentier, H.W., Mitchum, R.M., Vail, P.R., Sarg, J.F., Loutit, T.S., Hardenbol, J., 1988, An overview of sequence stratigraphy and key definitions. In: Wilgus, C.K., Hastings, B.S., Kendall, C.G.St.C., Posamentier, H.W., Ross, C.A., Van Wagoner, J.C. (Eds.), Sea Level Changes––An Integrated Approach, vol. 42. SEPM Special Publication, pp. 39–45.