Regional geology
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Regional geology is the geological study of large scale regions usually encompassing multiple geological disciplines to piece together the history of an area. Is is the geologic equivalent of regional geography.[citation needed] The size and the borders of the region are defined by geologically meaningful boundaries and to the occurrence of geologically related processes.[1] Examples of geologically meaningful boundaries for regional geology are for example tapering of deposits when talking about a basin system, or the most-frontal thrust when talking about a orogen.[2]
Examples
Geologically meaningful:
By country:
By continent:
By state
References
- ^ Davis,, George H. (2008). Structural geology of rocks and regions (3rd ed. ed.). Hoboken: Wiley. ISBN 978-0471152316.
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