Aquitaine Basin
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The Aquitaine Basin is a large sedimentary basin in southwestern France known for its petroleum resources and varied geological formations.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dordogne basin | 1 |
| Paris–Aquitaine petroleum system | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geologic basin
ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ |
| borders |
Morvan Massif
ⓘ
surface form:
Armorican Massif
Massif Central ⓘ Pyrenees ⓘ |
| contains |
Arcachon area
ⓘ
Bordeaux wine region ⓘ
surface form:
Bordeaux region
Lacq gas field ⓘ Parentis oil field ⓘ Aquitaine Basin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Paris–Aquitaine petroleum system
|
| containsStratigraphy |
Cretaceous
ⓘ
Jurassic ⓘ Neogene ⓘ Paleogene ⓘ Triassic ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| drainedBy |
Adour
ⓘ
surface form:
Adour River
Garonne ⓘ
surface form:
Garonne River
|
| extendsUnder | Bay of Biscay ⓘ |
| formedBy | Mesozoic rifting and subsidence ⓘ |
| geologicAge |
Cenozoic
ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ |
| hasBasinType | passive margin basin ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
hydrocarbon exploration
ⓘ
hydrocarbon production ⓘ |
| hasHydrocarbonType |
conventional gas
ⓘ
conventional oil ⓘ |
| hasLithology |
carbonates
ⓘ
clastics ⓘ evaporites ⓘ |
| hasNaturalResource |
aquifers
ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ petroleum ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
petroleum geology
ⓘ
sedimentology ⓘ stratigraphy ⓘ structural geology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
petroleum resources
ⓘ
varied geological formations ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southwestern France ⓘ |
| locatedOn | European continent ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Aquitaine region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlainBy | Cenozoic sediments ⓘ |
| partOf | France ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | foreland basin ⓘ |
| underlainBy | Variscan basement ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Paris–Aquitaine petroleum system
this entity surface form:
Dordogne basin