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Earth and Space Sciences · Glossary

What is Sedimentary basin?

Definition 18.2 High School Earth and Space Sciences · Chapter 18 — The Geology of Coal, Oil and Gas

A sedimentary basin is a region of the crust that sinks over millions of years, so that sediments pile up in it, often several kilometres thick.

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Definition 23.8 University Earth and Space Sciences — Year 1 · Chapter 23 — Diagenesis and Sedimentary Basins

A sedimentary basin is a region of the Earth’s surface where the crust has subsided for a long time, a few million to a few hundred million years, and where the space so created has been filled with sediment, hundreds of metres to many kilometres thick.

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