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.

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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.

Aquitaine Basin contains Aquitaine Basin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Paris–Aquitaine petroleum system
Gironde estuary isPartOf Aquitaine Basin
this entity surface form: Dordogne basin
Massif Central separates Aquitaine Basin