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The long-term preserved geologic record of a sedimentary basin is a large scale contiguous three-dimensional package of sedimentary rocks created during a particular period of geologic time, a 'stratigraphic succession', that geologists continue to refer to as a sedimentary basin even if it is no longer a bathymetric or topographic depression. [6]
A structural basin is a large-scale structural formation of rock strata formed by tectonic warping of previously flat-lying strata into a syncline fold. They are geological depressions , the inverse of domes .
The Williston Basin is a large intracratonic sedimentary basin in eastern Montana, western North Dakota, South Dakota, southern Saskatchewan, and south-western Manitoba that is known for its rich deposits of petroleum and potash. The basin is a geologic structural basin but not a topographic depression; it is transected by the Missouri River ...
Sedimentary basin analysis is a geologic method by which the formation and evolution history of a sedimentary basin is revealed, by analyzing the sediment fill and subsidence. Subsidence of sedimentary basins generates the spatial distribution of accommodation infilling sediments.
Geologic map of the Michigan Basin. The Michigan Basin is a geologic basin centered on the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.The feature is represented by a nearly circular pattern of geologic sedimentary strata in the area with a nearly uniform structural dip toward the center of the peninsula.
In geology, a basin is a region where subsidence generates accommodation space for the deposition of sediments. A pull-apart basin is a structural basin where two overlapping (en echelon) strike-slip faults or a fault bend create an area of crustal extension undergoing tension, which causes the basin to sink down.
In hydrology, an oceanic basin (or ocean basin) is anywhere on Earth that is covered by seawater. Geologically , most of the ocean basins are large geologic basins that are below sea level .
In structural geology, inversion or basin inversion relates to the relative uplift of a sedimentary basin or similar structure [example needed] as a result of crustal shortening. This normally excludes uplift developed in the footwalls of later extensional faults , or uplift caused by mantle plumes .