Development characteristics of the third-order sequence of Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous shore-mixed shelf in Tarim Basin, NW China

MA Qing,MA Tao,YANG Haijun,ZHAO Xueqin,ZHU Yiqing

Table 1 Schemes for sequence stratigraphic division of prototype sedimentary basins (modified according to reference [17]).

Sequence strati- graphic unit First-order Second-order Third-order Fourth-order Fifth-order Megasequence Supersequence Sequence Parasequence group Parasequence Principle of division The sequences is the one the prototype sedimentary basin named after Dividing based on maximum marine flooding surface Cyclic assemblage sequence of TST and HST Superimposition or cycle assemblage of parasequence Single cycle Relationship with lithological strati- graphic units More than one system, incomplete correspondence Equivalent to system or series, incomplete correspondence Equivalent to series or groups, incomplete correspondence Equivalent to formation, incomplete correspondence Equivalent to a single lithologic formation or member