Channel architecture, bounding-surface character, and permeability distribution change systematically from landward to seaward position. Near the landward limit, mean permeability is 300 millidarcy, mud occurs as clasts along channel-flank bounding surfaces, and permeability systematically decreases upward. Near the seaward extent, mean permeability is 750 md, mud is segregated into discrete strata-bounding sand bodies, and vertical trends are uniformly high.
Statistical analysis shows that lithofacies are the fundamental architectural units.
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