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Parasequence vs Cyclothem - What's the difference?

parasequence | cyclothem |

In geology|lang=en terms the difference between parasequence and cyclothem

is that parasequence is (geology) a relatively conformable, genetically related succession of beds and bedsets bounded by marine flooding surfaces and their correlative surfaces while cyclothem is (geology) a vertical stratigraphic sequence caused by repeated flooding by the sea.

As nouns the difference between parasequence and cyclothem

is that parasequence is (geology) a relatively conformable, genetically related succession of beds and bedsets bounded by marine flooding surfaces and their correlative surfaces while cyclothem is (geology) a vertical stratigraphic sequence caused by repeated flooding by the sea.

parasequence

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geology) A relatively conformable, genetically related succession of beds and bedsets bounded by marine flooding surfaces and their correlative surfaces.

    • cyclothem

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) A vertical stratigraphic sequence caused by repeated flooding by the sea