Paper 228 of 383
Published June 1, 2026
Intervening regions provide critical tests for any proposed geological continuity. If two anchor regions appear related, the geological systems between them should preserve some measurable pattern of coherence, transition, or boundary behavior.
This framework evaluates intervening regions through structural gradients, corridor persistence, basin-margin behavior, deformation boundaries, lithologic transitions, and recurring geological relationships.
Reference applications include the Eastern Mediterranean-to-Arabian transition, Mesopotamian-Zagros boundary, Himalayan foreland, East African Rift margins, and continental-oceanic transitions.
The objective is to establish a repeatable method for determining whether intervening regions support, weaken, or complicate larger continuity interpretations.
Within ABC Sequencing, intervening region coherence acts as a necessary quality-control layer. A proposed path must remain measurable between major reference points.
The framework remains conservative: coherence supports further investigation, while incoherence requires revision.
This paper formalizes intervening region coherence as a test for whether larger geological paths remain measurable between anchor systems.