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• Basement (geology) — In geology, the terms basement and crystalline basement are used to define the rocks below a sedimentary platform or cover, or more generally any rock below sedimentary rocks or sedimentary basins that are metamorphic or igneous in origin. In the …   Wikipedia

• basement complex — noun 1. : the assemblage of metamorphic and igneous rocks underlying stratified rocks in a particular region 2. : the Archean rocks compare fundamental complex * * * Geol. the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the… …   Useful english dictionary

• basement complex — Geol. the undifferentiated assemblage of rock (basement rock) underlying the oldest stratified rocks in any region: usually crystalline, metamorphosed, and mostly, but not necessarily, Precambrian in age. [1895 1900] * * * …   Universalium

• basement — base•ment [[t]ˈbeɪs mənt[/t]] n. 1) a story of a building, partly or wholly underground 2) archit. (in classical and Renaissance architecture) the portion of a building beneath the principal story, treated as a single compositional unit 3) archit …   From formal English to slang

• Mid-German Crystalline High — Structural map of central Europe, showing the positions of the Hercynian massifs and the zones in which the basement rocks can be divided. The Mid German Crystalline High (or Mid German High) is a structural high in the Paleozoic geology of… …   Wikipedia

• Massif Central (geology) — The Massif Central forms together with the Armorican Massif (Brittany and Normandy) one of the two big basement massifs in France. Its geological evolution started in the late Neoproterozoic and continues to this day. It has been shaped mainly by …   Wikipedia

• Olympic-Wallowa Lineament — Location of the Olympic Wallowa Lineament. Is the OWL an optical illusion? The Olympic Wallowa lineament (OWL) – first reported by cartographer Erwin Raisz in 1945 [1] on a relief map of the continental United States – is a physiographic feature… …   Wikipedia

• Shield (geology) — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)   Shiel …   Wikipedia

• Craton — Geologic provinces of the world (USGS)   Shield …   Wikipedia

• Swiss plateau — Satellite image of the Swiss plateau between the Jura and the Alps The Swiss Plateau or Central Plateau (plateau suisse in French, Schweizer Mittelland in German, altipiano svizzero in Italian) constitutes one of the three major landscapes in… …   Wikipedia

• Geological history of India — The geological history of India started with the geological evolution of rest of the Earth i.e. 4.57 bya (billion years ago). India has a diverse geology. Different regions in India contain rocks of all types belonging to different geologic… …   Wikipedia