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Plate tectonics: setting and history maps (view source)
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By understanding the present structural and stratigraphic configuration of a basin, we can interpret its plate tectonic history within the context of global plate reconstructions. Starting with the present configuration of the basin, we can move back in time and map the basin at critical periods in its plate tectonic development. Maps should show features such as spreading centers, contractional areas, extensional areas, crustal types, and mobile belts.
By understanding the present structural and stratigraphic configuration of a basin, we can interpret its [[Plate tectonics|plate tectonic history]] within the context of global plate reconstructions. Starting with the present configuration of the basin, we can move back in time and map the basin at critical periods in its plate tectonic development. Maps should show features such as [[spreading center]]s, [[Contraction|contractional]] areas, [[Extension|extensional]] areas, [[crust]]al types, and mobile belts.
==Critical period map==
==Critical period map==