A foreland basin is a structural basin that develops adjacent and parallel to a mountain belt. Foreland basins form because the immense mass created by... 29 KB (3,589 words) - 01:57, 12 April 2024 |
Acadian orogeny (section Foreland basin) described as foreland-basin, delta-complex clastic wedges, which are responsible for the large volumes of sediment input into the Appalachian basin. The collision... 21 KB (2,439 words) - 17:37, 27 March 2024 |
Orogeny (section Closure of the ocean basin) these are present in all foreland-basin systems. The basin migrates with the orogenic front and early deposited foreland basin sediments become progressively... 38 KB (4,255 words) - 05:13, 8 April 2024 |
The Andean foreland basins or Sub-Andean basins are a group of foreland basins located in the western half of South America immediately east of the Andes... 12 KB (802 words) - 20:10, 14 April 2024 |
in front of something Foreland basin, in geology, the zone that receives sediment from an adjacent mountain chain Glacier foreland, the area between the... 810 bytes (150 words) - 00:05, 25 March 2020 |