Accommodation (geology)
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Accommodation (geology)
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Accommodation is a fundamental concept in sequence stratigraphy, a subdiscipline of geology. It is defined as the space that is available for the deposition of sediments. Accommodation space can be pictured as the volume between the actual surface and the theoretical equilibrium surface where deposition and erosion are in balance at every point. In marine environments, this equilibrium level is sea level. In marine environments, changes in accommodation on long temporal scales is mainly determin
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Space available for deposition of sediments
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accommodation_(geology)
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2023-11-08T01:11:05Z
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