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==The term “basin”==

==The term “basin”==

The term “basin” has different meanings in different disciplines. Stratigraphers refer to a basin as the location of sedimentary fill deposited in the geologic past. Structural geologists think of a basin as a container created by tectonic processes, such as rifting. Often the term is used to name and locate a geographic province, such as the Williston basin, which in turn is separate from the genetic use of basin to mean a sedimentary basin—the focus of this chapter.

The term “basin” has different meanings in different disciplines. Stratigraphers refer to a basin as the location of sedimentary fill deposited in the geologic past. Structural geologists think of a basin as a container created by tectonic processes, such as rifting. Often the term is used to name and locate a geographic province, such as the Williston basin, which in turn is separate from the genetic use of basin to mean a sedimentary basin—the focus of this article.

==Defining the basin framework==

==Defining the basin framework==