Walthers Law: Facies observed within a conformable
vertical succession also occur as
coeval lateral facies
Conglomerate
Red Mudstone
Burrowed SS
Gray Mudstone
Limestone
The Holy Grail
A methodology which allows the
identification of coeval facies, documents the time-transgressive nature of
classic litho-stratigraphic units, and provides geoscientists with an
additional way to analyze and subdivide the stratigraphic record.