Progradational Parasequence Set

Aggradation

Retrogradation

Progradation

Aggradational Parasequence Set

Retrogradational Parasequence Set

Clastic Movie

Two-sided Clastic and Carbonate Fill of a Sedimentary Basin

A parasequence set in which successively younger parasequences are deposited farther basinward; overall the rate of deposition is greater than the rate of accommodation.

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