A sequence stratigraphic framework for a narrow, current-swept continental shelf: The Durban Bight, central KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

► Establishment of 1st seismic stratigraphy for central KwaZulu-Natal shelf. ► We reveal seven units within four incompletely preserved depositional sequences. ► We document an absence of significant Tertiary aged sediments on the shelf. ► We provide a sequence stratigraphic model for the shelf.