The Mississippian later on changes into the nearly 1000 m thick detrital, syn-orogenic sediments of the Kulm facies.
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Anywhere else, the Supragriotte limestones are conformably overlain by pre-orogenic sediments that begin with the " Lower Cherts " of the Tournaisian.
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Longitudinal sedimentary tapering of pre-orogenic sediments correlates strongly with curvature of the submarine frontal accretionary belt in the South China Sea margin, suggesting that pre-orogenic sediment thickness is the major control on the geometry of frontal structures.
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Longitudinal sedimentary tapering of pre-orogenic sediments correlates strongly with curvature of the submarine frontal accretionary belt in the South China Sea margin, suggesting that pre-orogenic sediment thickness is the major control on the geometry of frontal structures.