The stratigraphic evolution of deep-water architecture

This Special Issue of Marine and Petroleum Geology features a series of scientific papers presented at the 2009 SEPM Field Research Conference held in the Ultima Esperanza District of Chilean Patagonia: ‘Stratigraphic Evolution of Deep-Water Architecture: Examples on Controls and Depositional Styles from the Magallanes Basin, Chile’ (Fig. 1). The conference showcased outcrops of Cretaceous clastic deep-water strata exposed in the Ultima Esperanza District of southernmost Chile from Puerto Natales northward to Torres del Paine National Park (Fildani et al., 2009) and attracted experts from academia and industry from around the world, including Europe, the United States, Canada, and South America.