Basics of Basin Analysis
Muhammad Qasim (noreply@blogger.com)
· A sedimentary basin is an area in
which sediments have accumulated during a particular time period at a
significantly greater rate and to a significantly greater thickness than
surrounding areas. · A low area on the Earth’s surface
relative to surroundings e.g. deep ocean basin (5-10 km deep), intramontane
basin (2-3 km a.s.l.) · Basins may be small (kms2) or large (106+ km2) · Basins may be simple or composite (sub-basins) · Basins may change in size &
shape due to: 1. erosion 2. sedimentatio