accommodation: space available for potential sediment accumulation between the seafloor or land surface and sea level or lake level (Jervey, 1988).

aggradation: building up of the Earth’s surface by deposition (e.g., the upbuilding by a stream to establish or maintain uniformity of grade or slope) (Bates and Jackson, 1987).

chronostratigraphic: pertaining to the organization of rock strata into units on the basis of their age or time of origin (Bates and Jackson, 1987).

depositional facies: 3-D rock assemblage representing sediments deposited in specific depositional environments by similar sedimentary processes.

eustasy: worldwide sea-level regime and its fluctuations, caused by absolute changes in the quantity of seawater (Bates and Jackson, 1987).

lithofacies: rock assemblage distinguished on the basis of lithology, sedimentary structures, and stratification style.

progradation: building forward or outward toward the sea of a shoreline or coastline (Bates and Jackson, 1987).

regression: retreat or contraction of the sea from land areas and the resulting changes that bring nearshore environments to areas formerly occupied by offshore environments (Bates and Jackson, 1987).

relative sea level: position of the sea surface relative to a fixed datum near the seafloor. Changes result from both eustasy and vertical movements of the seafloor (Posamentier and Allen, 1999).

retrogradation: landward movement or retreat of a shoreline or coastline (Bates and Jackson, 1987).

strandplain: a prograded shore built seaward by waves and currents (Bates and Jackson, 1987).

subsidence: sinking or settling of part of the Earth’s surface with little or no horizontal movement (Bates and Jackson, 1987).

systems tract: a linkage of contemporaneous depositional systems (Brown and Fisher, 1977).