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There are three crustal stress environments in which sedimentary basins are created (Fig. 7.1); extensional basins, in which the axis of maximum stress is vertical, and compressional and shear basins, in which this axis is horizontal. The various plate-tectonic settings in which these configurations occur are discussed in Chapter 9.
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Miall, A.D. (1990). Basin subsidence and fill models. In: Principles of Sedimentary Basin Analysis. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4235-0_7
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