aggradation
aggradational parasequence set
bedsets
boundaries
boundaries bounding surfaces
diachronous
marine flooding surface
maximum flooding surface (mfs)
parasequence
parasequence - clastic beach
parasequence - delta
parasequence - stacked beaches
parasequence - tidal flat
parasequence set
progradation
progradational parasequence set
shoreline
sequence
regression
regressive surface of erosion
regressive systems tract
retrogradation
retrogradational parasequence set
stacking patterns
systems tract
transgressive surface
transgressive systems tract
Walthers Law
Note the hierarchy of sedimentary structures and their association, from seaward to landward, with the different depositional systems that are listed in Table below. The vertical and lateral relationships seen here are intended to demonstrate the basis of Walther's Law.
Table of the relationship between sediments of a clastic shoreline depositional setting to tide & waves, and sedimentary structures.