Prospect and Review of Carbonate by Sequence Stratigraphy

This paper reviews three stages of the development process of carbonate sequence stratigraphy.In the 1980s,carbonate sequence stratigraphy theory is the founded stage,as represented by Schager;from the late of 1980s to the late of 1990s,the context of different sedimentary sequence pattern of carbonate is been studied;the theory is rapidly development and promoting application of multi-branch sequence stratigraphy by Greenlee and Lehmann(1993).In reviewing carbonate sequence stratigraphy theory,it contains five major trends.