Subbasin Explained

A subbasin or sub-basin is a structural geologic feature where a larger basin is divided into a series of smaller basins with intervening intrabasinal highs.

The term subbasin has common use in geologic literature,^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} but has yet to be included in the API Glossary of Geology.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Parks, C.M. (2010). Depositional environments of the Albert Formation interpreted on the basis of petrographic and petrophysical well analyses from the McCully Field, southern New Brunswick. In Geological Investigations in New Brunswick for 2009. Edited by G.L. Martin. New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources; Lands, Minerals and Petroleum Division, Mineral Resource Report 2010-1, p. 1–25.
2. Talukdar, S., Gallango, O., and Ruggiero, A., (1988). Generation and migration of oil in the Maturin Subbasin, Eastern Venezuelan basin. Organic Geochemistry, v. 13, pp.537-547.
3. Cathro, D.L.,and Karner,G.D., (2006). Cretaceous–Tertiary inversion history of the Dapier sub-basin, northwest Australia: insights from quantitative basin modeling. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v.23, pp. 503–526.
4. Zhao, L., and Zheng, T., (2005). Seismic structure of the Bohai Bay Basin, northern China: Implications for basin evolution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 231, pp. 9– 22
5. Neuendorf, K.K.E., Mehl, J.P. Jr., and Jackson, J.A., eds. (2011). Glossary of Geology, Fifth Edition, Revised. American Geological Institute, Alexandria, VA.