relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/14905/ title: A reappraisal of the Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Malay and West Natuna Basins creator: Lunt, P. description: This review emphasizes that much geological data has a context, and properties of quality (reliability, precision) that are sometimes overlooked. A review of a pair of wells is e-appraised to examine the lithostratigraphic formations and seismostratigraphic �Groups� commonly used to describe Malay Basin Cenozoic stratigraphy. A new interpretation of the wells helps to develop an objective, genetic stratigraphic framework. Such an evidence-based framework is superior to both the old formation concepts, and the seismostratigraphic horizons, neither of which are part of a predictive facies model that allowed testing, or integration with other stratigraphic disciplines. The tectono-stratigraphic framework that is described here correlates very well with regional tectonic models. It also appears to have no link to eustatic sea-level changes until the mid-Pliocene, after which a strong glacio-eustatic signal is observed. The new inductive model asks fundamental questions about the deposition and palaeographic distribution of an important oil reservoir (the J Sand, Lower Ledang Sand, or Pasir Sandstone). It also questions how we should interpret seismic, and how we should replace idealised (deductive) models with evidence-based methods. As exploration in a mature area relies on subtle plays with stratigraphic components it is essential to have a tested and scientifically defendable stratigraphic framework. © 2020 publisher: Elsevier Ltd date: 2021 type: Article type: PeerReviewed identifier: Lunt, P. (2021) A reappraisal of the Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Malay and West Natuna Basins. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X, 5. ISSN 25900560 relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85099833446&doi=10.1016%2fj.jaesx.2020.100044&partnerID=40&md5=7d5c283b9b7114caeaec7b2a298d6d70 relation: 10.1016/j.jaesx.2020.100044 identifier: 10.1016/j.jaesx.2020.100044