Description: A depression in the crust of the Earth formed by plate tectonic activity in which sediments accumulate. Continued deposition can cause further depression or subsidence. Sedimentary basins, or simply basins, vary from bowl-shaped to elongated troughs. If rich hydrocarbon source rocks occur in combination with appropriate depth and duration of burial, hydrocarbon generation can occur within the basin. This data was collected and compiled from Energy Information Administration (EIA), American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), and Harvard geodata sources. Acquired from: Datapages, Aapg. “Robertson Basins and Plays (TellusTM) - Sedimentary Basins of the World Map — Datapages.” Datapages, Inc. All Rights Reserved., www.datapages.com/AssociatedWebsites/GISOpenFiles/FugroTellusSedimentaryBasinsoftheWorldMap.aspx; Harvard World Map: Gallery. https://worldmap.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html ; Maps: Oil and Gas Exploration, Resources, and Production - Energy Information Administration. www.eia.gov/maps/maps.htm.
Feature dataset (category): GOGI_Geology
Date acquired: 1/19/2022
Service Item Id: 0a38741bb9c94d9daf5460e972fb9dd8
Copyright Text: Sabbatino, M., Romeo, L., Baker, V., Bauer, J., Barkhurst, A., Bean, A., DiGiulio, J., Jones, K., Jones, T.J., Justman, D., Miller III, R., Rose, K., and Tong., A. 2017.Global Oil & Gas Features Database. https://edx.netl.doe.gov/dataset/global-oil-gas-features-database , DOI: 10.18141/1427300