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    Oceanic sag basins form between mid-ocean ridges and the outer edge of transitional crust along passive continental margins. They accumulate deep-sea fan and basin plain sediments due to the slow subsidence of aging oceanic crust, unless sediment loading increases subsidence near continents. Fault-bounded basins also form near mid-ocean ridges. Oceanic sag basins can be circular to oval in shape and contain biogenic or chemically precipitated sediments with small amounts of terrigenous or volcaniclastic material.

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    Oceanic sag basins form between mid-ocean ridges and the outer edge of transitional crust along passive continental margins. They accumulate deep-sea fan and basin plain sediments due to the slow subsidence of aging oceanic crust, unless sediment loading increases subsidence near continents. Fault-bounded basins also form near mid-ocean ridges. Oceanic sag basins can be circular to oval in shape and contain biogenic or chemically precipitated sediments with small amounts of terrigenous or volcaniclastic material.

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    Oceanic sag basins form between mid-ocean ridges and the outer edge of transitional crust along passive continental margins. They accumulate deep-sea fan and basin plain sediments due to the slow subsidence of aging oceanic crust, unless sediment loading increases subsidence near continents. Fault-bounded basins also form near mid-ocean ridges. Oceanic sag basins can be circular to oval in shape and contain biogenic or chemically precipitated sediments with small amounts of terrigenous or volcaniclastic material.

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    Oceanic Sag

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    Oceanic sag basins form between mid-ocean ridges and the outer edge of transitional crust along passive continental margins. They accumulate deep-sea fan and basin plain sediments due to the slow subsidence of aging oceanic crust, unless sediment loading increases subsidence near continents. Fault-bounded basins also form near mid-ocean ridges. Oceanic sag basins can be circular to oval in shape and contain biogenic or chemically precipitated sediments with small amounts of terrigenous or volcaniclastic material.

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    OCEANIC SAG BASIN

    Presented By:
    Muhammad Bilal
    Ahsan Ali Khan
    Muhammad Arsalan

    Basin

    Basin formed
    on Oceanic
    crust

    Basin formed
    on Continental
    crust

    Convergent
    Boundary

    Divergent
    Boundary

    Oceanic
    Wrench

    Oceanic
    Fracture

    Oceanic Sag

    OCEANIC SAG BASINS


    Oceanic sag basins or nascent ocean basins occupy the area between a mid-oceanic
    ridge, including its rise, and the outer edge of the transitional crust along a passive
    continental margin.
    They commonly accumulate deep-sea fan or basin plain sediments. Due to the
    advanced cooling of the aging oceanic crust, subsidence is usually low, unless it is
    activated by thick sedimentary loading near the continental margin.
    Fault-bounded basins of limited extent are common in conjunction with the growth of
    mid-oceanic ridges
    Form large plains at 4 to 6.5 km below the sea level.

    OCEANIC SAG BASIN

    OCEANIC SAG BASIN

    Deep-sea basins or basin plains are the deepest parts of marine


    environments except for the special features of deep-sea trenches (see
    below).

    Thick, ancient flysch sequences are mostly interpreted as depositions in


    such basins.

    Oceanic sag Basin deposits are mostly biogenic or chemically precipitated


    and usually contain only very small proportions of terrigenous or
    volcaniclastic materials. Although such limited sediment accumulations can
    hardly be referred to as basin fills, they do constitute an important and
    diagnostically significant part of larger marine depositional environments.

    OCEANIC SAG BASINS


    Due to slow subsidence, the sediments of Oceanic sag basins tend to be deep marine.
    The Atlantic ocean and the Arctic ocean are good examples of active, growing
    oceanic basins
    Sedimentary processes may fill the basins with a variety of siliclastic and carbonate
    sediments
    Sag basins are commonly circular to oval in shape and may have multiple histories of
    basin subsidence.
    They may form over older basins and inherit only some of the previously existing
    structural grain.

    OCEANIC SAG BASINS


    Conclusion

    Basin Category Oceanic Sag Basin

    Special Basin Type Nascent Ocean Basin (growing Ocean Basin)

    Underlying Crust Oceanic

    Style Of Tectonic Divergence

    Basin Characteristics Large, asymmetric, slow subsidence

    Not Bearing Hydrocarbon

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