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EXPLANATION
Geologic Era: Category
Sedimentary Basins ofthe Conterminous
United States
Base from General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (G E B C O)08 grid showing bathymetry and topography at 30arc-second resolutionBase from The CGIAR Consortium forSpatial Information (CGIAR-CSI) 250meter digital elevation model.North America Albers EqualArea Conic ProjectionCentral Meridian: -96.0Standard Parallel 1: 20.0Standard Parallel 2: 60.0Latitude of Origin: 40.01983 North American Datum
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1 Boston Basin2 Estancia Basin3 Montgomery Creek Basin4 Shirley Basin5 Hanna Basin6 Middle Park Basin8 Hogeland Basin9 Blue Mountains Basin10 Ruby Basin11 Jackson Hole Basin13 Narrangansett Basin14 Round Valley Basin15 Jornada Basin16 Mesilla Basin17 Las Vegas Basin18 Espanola Basin19 Sonoma-Livermore Basin20 North Park Basin21 Laramie Basin22 Tucumcari Basin
24 Zuni Basin26 Birmingham Graben27 Raton Basin28 Albuquerque Basin29 Dalhart Basin30 Hollis-Hardeman Basin32 Sherman Basin34 San Luis Basin35 Crazy Mountains Basin38 Central Coastal Basin39 Bighorn Basin 40 Piceance Basin41 Clarno Basin42 Grand Canyon Embayment46 Holbrook Basin47 Wind River Basin48 Brown's Park Basin49 Val Verde Basin50 Judith-Wheatland-Bull Mountains Basins
51 Pedregosa Basin52 Bozeman Basin53 Tularosa Basin54 Claron Basin55 Rough Creek Graben56 Reelfoot Rift57 Kerr Basin58 Black Mesa Basin59 Sweetwater Trough60 Bird Spring Basin62 Kaiparowits Basin63 Bridger Basin64 Marathon-Marfa Basins65 Uinta Basin66 Sheep Pass Basin67 Kennedy Basin69 Cherokee Basin70 Exposed Newark Group Basins71 Auld Lang Syne Basin73 Sacramento Basin74 Palo Duro Basin
75 Sedgwick Basin76 Salina Basin79 San Joaquin Basin80 White River-Split Rock Basin81 Great Smoky Mountains Rift Basin82 Paradox Basin83 Orogrande Basin84 Tascotal Basin85 San Juan Basin89 Columbia River Plateau Basins90 Mississippi Ouachita Thrust Belt - Black Warrior Basin91 Northern California Borderland Basins92 Powder River Basin93 Ely Basin94 Forest City Basin95 Snake River Downwarp96 Clarno-John Day Basin98 Apalachicola Embayment
101 Copper-Bull Run-Elko- Indian Wells Basin102 West Nevada Permian- Triassic Basin103 Central Colorado-Taos Trough104 Rome Trough105 Great Valley Basin106 Havallah Basin107 Fort Worth Basin108 Post-Ouachita Successor Basin112 Denver Basin113 Oquirrh Basin114 Hornbrook-Ochoco Basin115 Permian Basin116 Idaho-Wyoming Thrust Belt- Greater Green River Basin117 Baca Basin119 North Montana Thrust Belt120 Belt Basin122 Mississippi Embayment
123 South Florida Basin124 Anadarko Basin125 Southeast Oregon-
Northern California Basins126 Arkoma Basin - Ouachita Thrust Belt127 Southern California Borderland Basins 128 Chuar Group Area Basin129 Western Washington - Oregon Basins131 Michigan Basin132 Williston Basin133 Illinois Basin135 Buried Newark Group Basins 136 Midcontinent Rift137 Antler Foreland Basin139 Appalachian Basin142 Basin and Range Basins143 Gulf of Mexico Basin144 West Atlantic Basin
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0 100 200 300 400 KILOMETERSCenozoic: Intracratonic
Cenozoic: Pericratonic
Cenozoic: Intercratonic
Cenozoic: Oceanic
Mesozoic: Intracratonic
Mesozoic: Pericratonic
Mesozoic: Intercratonic
Paleozoic: Intracratonic
Paleozoic: Pericratonic
Paleozoic: Intercratonic
Neoproterozoic: Intracratonic
Neoproterozoic: Pericratonic
CANADA
MEXICO
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
GULF OF MEXICO
PACIFIC OCEAN155°W160°W165°W
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Base from General Bathymetric Chart of theOceans (G E B C O) 0 8 g r i d s h o w i n g b a t h y m e t r yand topography at 30 arc-second resolutionBase from The CGIAR Consortium forSpatial Information (CGIAR-CSI) 250 meterdigital elevation model.Hawaii Albers Equal Area Conic ProjectionCentral Meridian: -157.0Standard Parallel 1: 8.0Standard Parallel 2: 18.0Latitude of Origin: 13.01983 North American Datum
Cenozoic: Intracratonic
Cenozoic: Pericratonic
Cenozoic: Intercratonic
Cenozoic: Oceanic
Mesozoic: Intracratonic
Mesozoic: Pericratonic
Mesozoic: Intercratonic
Paleozoic: Intracratonic
Paleozoic: Pericratonic
Paleozoic: Intercratonic
Neoproterozoic: Intracratonic
Neoproterozoic: Pericratonic
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EXPLANATIONGeologic Era: Category
HawaiiSedimentary Basin
HAWAII
PACIFIC OCEAN
RUSSIA
CANADAALASKA
BERING SEA
GULF OFALASKA
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Base from General BathymetricChart of the Oceans (G E B C O)08 grid showing bathymetryand topography at 30arc-second resolution
Alaska Albers Equal AreaConic ProjectionCentral Meridian: -154.0Standard Parallel 1: 55.0Standard Parallel 2: 65.0Latitude of Origin: 50.01983 North AmericanDatum
0 100 200 300 400 MILES
0 100 200 300 400 KILOMETERSCenozoic: IntracratonicCenozoic: PericratonicCenozoic: IntercratonicCenozoic: OceanicMesozoic: IntracratonicMesozoic: PericratonicMesozoic: IntercratonicPaleozoic: IntracratonicPaleozoic: PericratonicPaleozoic: IntercratonicNeoproterozoic: IntracratonicNeoproterozoic: Pericratonic
EXPLANATIONGeologic Era: Category
Sedimentary Basinsof Alaska
7 Noatak Basin12 Amukta Basin23 Holitna Basin25 Northway Lowlands31 Innoko Basin33 Shelikov Basin36 Susitna Basin37 Galena Basin43 Copper River Basin44 Umnak Plateau Basin45 Kobuk-Selawik Basin61 Cook Inlet Basin68 North Chukchi Basin72 Minchumina Basin77 Kotzebue Basin78 Hope Basin
86 Nenana Basin87 Stevenson-Albatross Basin88 Yukon Flats Basin97 Nuwuk-Dinkum-Kaktovik Basin99 Middleton-Yakataga Basin100 Sanak-Shumagin-Tugidak Basin109 Bristol Bay Basin110 Norton Basin111 Navarin Basin118 Amak-St. George-Pribilof- Walrus Basin121 St. Matthew - Hall Basin130 Bethel Basin134 Canada Basin138 Colville Basin and Foldbelt141 Aleutian Basin
140 Hawaii Sedimentary Basin
Basin Number Key
Basin Number Key
Basin Number Key
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Figure 2. Mesozoic Sedimentary Basins of the United States
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1111Preliminary Catalog of the Sedimentary Basins of the United StatesBy James L. Coleman, Jr., and Steven M. Cahan