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Shoaling upward

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  1. amomipais82
    Hi,
    Shoaling upwards is generally related to a carbonate succession, whereas coarsening upward is typically used when the succession is a clastics (sandstone-siltstone) succession. Carbonate shoaling upwards successions is typical of a prograding carbonate shoreline. Clastic coarsening upwards successions are typical of a prograding delta or shoreline

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