Knowledge and Geological techniques Comments understanding and skills f. Major sedimentary basins Investigation of the origin and Candidates should be able are controlled by structural control of major to explain the formation of lithospheric extension sedimentary basins using extensional basins (e.g. (extensional basins) and maps and sections. North Sea Viking Graben, lithospheric loading Aegean Sea) and foreland (foreland basins). basins (e.g. Po basin – Italy, Adriatic Sea).
Knowledge and understanding Geological techniques and skills Comments f. Major sedimentary basins are controlled by lithospheric extension (extensional basins) and lithospheric loading (foreland basins). Investigation of the origin and structural control of major sedimentary basins using maps and sections. Candidates should be able to explain the formation of extensional basins (e.g. North Sea Viking Graben, Aegean Sea) and foreland basins (e.g. Po basin – Italy, Adriatic Sea).
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