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Example
East Africa Rift
Subsidence along a passive margin, mostly due to long-term accumulation of sediments on the continental shelf
Subduction-related basins
Trench (accretionary wedge)
Downward flexure of the subducting and non-subducting plates (sites of accretionary wedges) Western edge of Vancouver Island
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Forearc basin
The area between the accretionary wedge and the magmatic arc, largely caused by the negative buoyancy of the subducting plate pulling down on the overlying continental crust
Georgia Strait
Foreland basin
A depression caused by the weight of a large mountain range pushing the adjacent crust below sea level
Transform-fault basins
Strike-slip basin
A pull-apart block (eg. between two transform faults) that Various locations on the San Andreas Fault
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subsides significantly
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