SWEET Ontology
type: Ontology
version info: 2.3
imports: realmGeol.owl
imports: matrRock.owl
imports: relaPhysical.owl
imports: relaChemical.owl

BackArcBasin
type: Class
subclass of: Basin
comment: Back-arc basins (or retro-arc basins) are geologic features, submarine basins associated with island arcs and subduction zones. They are found at some convergent plate boundaries, presently concentrated in the Western Pacific ocean. [Wikipedia]

FlyschBasin
type: Class
subclass of: Basin
comment: Flysch is a sequence of sedimentary rocks that is deposited in a deep marine facies in the foreland basin of a developing orogen. Flysch is formed under deep marine circumstances, in a quiet and low-energetic depositional environment. [Wikipedia]

ForelandBasin
type: Class
subclass of: Basin
comment: A foreland basin is a depression that develops adjacent and parallel to a mountain belt. Foreland basins form because the immense mass created by crustal thickening associated with the evolution of a mountain belt causes the lithosphere to bend, by a process known as lithospheric flexure. [Wikipedia]

ForeArcBasin
type: Class
subclass of: Basin
comment: A forearc is a depression (basin) in the sea floor located between a subduction zone and an associated volcanic arc. It is typically filled with sediments from the adjacent landmass and the island arc in addition to trapped oceanic crustal material. [Wikipedia]

IntracratonicBasin
type: Class
subclass of: Basin
comment: Intracratonic basins are formed by fluvial sedimentation of an intracratonic area which has undergone sediment sag-loading. [Wikipedia]

IntraArcBasin
type: Class
subclass of: Basin
comment: Intra-arc basins are basins that occur between Fore-arc basins and back-arc basins [Wikipedia]

PeripheralForelandBasin
type: Class
subclass of: Basin
subclass of: Restriction
  all values from: Molasse
  on property: hasSubstance
subclass of: Restriction
  on property: hasPlanetaryStructure
  all values from: FlyschBasin
comment: Peripheral (Pro) foreland basins occur on the plate that is subducted or underthrust during plate collision (i.e. the outer arc of the orogen).

SuccessorBasin
type: Class
subclass of: Basin
comment: Successor basins arise from shifting and merging of fore arc, back-arc and intra-arc basins. Basins or sequences that overlap terrane boundaries. [Wikipedia]

RetroarcForelandBasin
type: Class
subclass of: Basin
comment: Retroarc (Retro) foreland basins occur on the plate that overrides during plate convergence or collision (i.e. situated behind the magmatic arc that is linked with the subduction of oceanic lithosphere). [Wikipedia]

TranstensionalBasin
type: Class
subclass of: Basin
comment: Transtension basins are oblique tensional environments where stretching takes place. [Wikipedia]

TranspressionalBasin
type: Class
subclass of: Basin
comment: Transpression basins are formed during oblique collision of tectonic plates and during non-orthogonal subduction. [Wikipedia]