03613nab a2200253 4500 20260520000322.0 260224s2017 xxu ing Inglés Shelf-edge trajectories and stratal stacking patterns Their sequence-stratigraphic significance and relation to styles of deep-water sedimentation and amount of deep-water sandstone ago. 2017 30/08/2017 ; 30/08/2017 32 p. ; 1211-1243 Transcripción del resumen del autor: Using a seismic database from the Qiongdongnan Basin in the South China Sea, this study demonstrates that shelf-edge trajectories and stratal stacking patterns are reliable, but understated, predictors of deep-water sedimentation styles and volumes of deep-water sand deposits, assisting greatly in locating sand-rich environments and in developing a more predictive and dynamic stratigraphy. Three main types of shelf-edge trajectories and their associated stratal stacking patterns were recognized: (1) flat to slightly falling trajectories with negative trajectory angles (BLTN13229eq1) (-2° to 0°) and negative shelf-edge aggradation to progradation ratios (BLTN13229eq2) (-0.04 to 0) and associated progradational and downstepping stacking patterns with low clinoform relief (BLTN13229eq3) (150–550 m [492–1804 ft]) and negative differential sedimentation on the shelf and basin (BLTN13229eq4) (-0.6 to 0); (2) slightly rising trajectories with moderate BLTN13229eq5 (0°–2°) and medium BLTN13229eq6 (0–0.04), and associated progradational and aggradational stacking patterns with intermediate BLTN13229eq7 (250–400 m [820–1312 ft]) and intermediate BLTN13229eq8 (0–0.6); and (3) steeply rising trajectories with high BLTN13229eq9 (2°–6°) and high BLTN13229eq10 (0.04–0.10) and associated dominantly aggradational stacking patterns with high BLTN13229eq11 (350–650 m [1148–2132 ft]) and high BLTN13229eq12 (1–2). Each trajectory regime represents a specific stratal stacking patterns, providing new tools to define a model-independent methodology for sequence stratigraphy. Flat to slightly falling shelf-edge trajectories and progradational and downstepping stacking patterns are empirically related to large-scale, sand-rich gravity flows and associated bigger and thicker sand-rich submarine fan systems. Slightly rising shelf-edge trajectories and progradational and aggradational stacking patterns are associated with mixed sand/mud gravity flows and moderate-scale slope-sand deposits. Steeply rising shelf-edge trajectories and dominantly aggradational stacking patterns are fronted by large-scale mass-wasting processes and associated areally extensive mass-transport systems. Therefore, given a constant sediment supply, then BLTN13229eq13, BLTN13229eq14, BLTN13229eq15, and BLTN13229eq16 are all proportional to intensity of mass-wasting processes and to amounts of mass-transport deposits, and are inversely proportional to the intensity of sand-rich gravity flows and to amounts of deep-water sandstone. These relationships can be employed to relate quantitative characteristics of shelf-edge trajectories and stratal stacking patterns to deep-water sedimentation styles. 8 AAPG Bulletin ARTICULO Gong, Chenglin 52955 Wang, Yingmin 52956 Pyles, David R. 39764 Steel, Ronald J. 47071 Xu, Shang 54395 Li, Dong 47311 190959 190959 0 0 0 0 258778 BAAB BAAB 2026-03-06 200063227 0 200063227 2026-03-06 00:21:25 2026-03-06 ARTICULO