Aquitaine Basin

E51797
geologic basin sedimentary basin

The Aquitaine Basin is a large sedimentary basin in southwestern France known for its petroleum resources and varied geological formations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Aquitaine Basin canonical 7
Aquitaine Basin, France 1
Dordogne basin 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 ⓘ
surface form: Aquitaine region
overlainBy Cenozoic sediments ⓘ
partOf France ⓘ
tectonicSetting foreland basin ⓘ
underlainBy Variscan basement ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massif Central → separates → Aquitaine Basin ⓘ
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
Landes forest → partOf → Aquitaine Basin ⓘ
La Brède → locatedIn → Aquitaine Basin ⓘ
Lacq gas field → region → Aquitaine Basin ⓘ
Lacq gas field → geologicalBasin → Aquitaine Basin ⓘ
Parentis oil field → locatedInBasin → Aquitaine Basin ⓘ
Miocene → stratotypeRegion → Aquitaine Basin ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aquitaine Basin, France
Armorican Massif → boundedBy → Aquitaine Basin ⓘ