155
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Table 7.1. Klemme’s Basin Classifi cation and Resources
Type area
Shape* Profi le† Examples
Percent‡
I. Craton Interior Basins
C to E
S
Illinois
30
Michigan
25
Williston
24
Denver
20
II. Continental
E to C
A
Piceance–Uinta
91
Multicycle Basins
Oriente
68
A. Craton margin
Wind River
63
Big Horn
69
Powder River
65
Arkhoma
63
Anadarko
50
Sichuan
49
Fort Worth
68
Green River
Overthrust
64
Volga–Ural
38
Alberta
26
Permian
23
B. Craton-accreted
“Sag”
S
Erg Occidental
94
basins
Paris
76
Erg Oriental
73
Southern North Sea
73
San Juan
72
Timan–Pechora
67
West Siberian
61
Great Artesian
52
C. Crustal collision
zone, convergent
E
A
Middle Caspian
42
Plate margin (closed)
East Venezuela– Trinidad
29
Plate margin (open) E
A
Tampico
78
Vera Cruz–Reforma–
Campeche
70
North Borneo
44
Gulf Coast
16
III. Continental Rifted Basins E
I
Cambay–Bombay
86
Aquitaine
86
A. Craton and accreted
zones
Reconcavo
Suez
84
76
Viking
65