SEDIMENTARY BASINS

Basins are divided into 5 types:

1) Basins in divergence settings : Terrestrial rift valleys and Proto oceanic rift troughs

2) Basins in Intraplate settings : Intracratonic, Passive margins, Active ocean basin, Dormant ocean basin

3) Basins in convergent settings : Trenches, Trench-slope basins, Fore arc basins, Intra arc basins, Back-arc basins, Retroarc foreland basin, Remnant ocean basins, Retro-arc foreland basins, Piggyback basins, Foreland intermontanne basins

4) Basins in transform and transcurrent settings : Transtensional, Transpressional, Transrotational basins

5) Basins in Hybrid settings: Auloacogens, Impactogens

1) Basins in divergence settings :

• Terrestrial rift valleys : East african rift

• Proto oceanic rift troughs : Red sea

2) Basins in Intraplate settings :

• Intracratonic : Vindhyan basin

• Passive margins : Kerala-Kankan, Krishna-Godaveri basin

• Active ocean basin : Indian ocean

• Dormant ocean basin : Gulf of Mexico

3) Basins in convergent settings :

• Trenches : Andaman Trench

• Fore arc basins : Andaman sea

• Intra arc basins :

• Back-arc basins : Mariana basin

• Retroarc foreland basin : Andes foothills

• Remnant ocean basins : Bay of bengal

• Peripheral foreland basins : Ganga basin

• Piggyback basins : Peshawar basin

• Foreland intermontanne basins

4) Basins in transform and transcurrent settings :

• Transtensional : Salton sea

• Transpressional : Santa barabara basin

• Transrotational basins

5) Basins in Hybrid settings:

• Auloacogens: Cambay basin

• Impactogens: Baikal rift