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Introduction
Mechanism of basin formation
Basin classification
Basin margin
Sedimentary basins in Pakistan
Distribution of sedimentary basin types in the world
Basin and sequence stratigraphy
References
INTRODUCTION
Sedimentary basins are regions of the earth of
long term subsidence creating accommodation
space for infilling by sediments
It is also defined as, “ A low lying area/depression
where sediments can be deposit is called
sedimentary basin.”
Basin is formed by crustal subsidence relative to surrounding areas
or some time surrounded area may be uplifted
Basin have different shapes and sizes & formed by different
mechanisms
Mechanisms of Basin Formation
There are three types of plate boundaries, characterized by the way the plates
move relative to each other.
o Divergent boundaries
• two plates slide apart from each other.
• Mid Oceanic ridges
o Convergent Boundaries
• two plates slide towards each other
• Subduction
• Orogenic Belt
o Transform Boundaries
• plates move parallel to each other
• Strike-slip systems
Basin margin concept
The area between the accretionary wedge and the magmatic arc, largely
caused by the negative buoyancy of the subducting plate pulling down
on the overlying continental crust
tens of kilometers to over one hundred kilometers wide &up to
thousands of kilometers long; commonly arcuate.
Nonmarine siliciclastic fluvial to deltaic deposits
Backarc or interarc Basin