60°W 70°W 80°W 90°W 100°W 110°W 120°W 130°W 45°N 40°N 35°N 30°N 25°N EXPLANATION Geologic Era: Category Sedimentary Basins of the Conterminous United States Base from General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) 08 grid showing bathymetry and topography at 30 arc-second resolution Base from The CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information (CGIAR-CSI) 250 meter digital elevation model. North America Albers Equal Area Conic Projection Central Meridian: -96.0 Standard Parallel 1: 20.0 Standard Parallel 2: 60.0 Latitude of Origin: 40.0 1983 North American Datum 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 26 27 28 29 30 32 34 35 38 39 40 41 42 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 62 63 64 65 66 67 69 70 71 73 74 75 76 79 80 82 83 84 85 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 98 101 102 103 81 104 105 106 107 108 112 113 114 115 116 117 119 120 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 131 132 133 135 136 137 139 142 143 144 1 Boston Basin 2 Estancia Basin 3 Montgomery Creek Basin 4 Shirley Basin 5 Hanna Basin 6 Middle Park Basin 8 Hogeland Basin 9 Blue Mountains Basin 10 Ruby Basin 11 Jackson Hole Basin 13 Narrangansett Basin 14 Round Valley Basin 15 Jornada Basin 16 Mesilla Basin 17 Las Vegas Basin 18 Espanola Basin 19 Sonoma-Livermore Basin 20 North Park Basin 21 Laramie Basin 22 Tucumcari Basin 24 Zuni Basin 26 Birmingham Graben 27 Raton Basin 28 Albuquerque Basin 29 Dalhart Basin 30 Hollis-Hardeman Basin 32 Sherman Basin 34 San Luis Basin 35 Crazy Mountains Basin 38 Central Coastal Basin 39 Bighorn Basin 40 Piceance Basin 41 Clarno Basin 42 Grand Canyon Embayment 46 Holbrook Basin 47 Wind River Basin 48 Brown's Park Basin 49 Val Verde Basin 50 Judith-Wheatland-Bull Mountains Basins 51 Pedregosa Basin 52 Bozeman Basin 53 Tularosa Basin 54 Claron Basin 55 Rough Creek Graben 56 Reelfoot Rift 57 Kerr Basin 58 Black Mesa Basin 59 Sweetwater Trough 60 Bird Spring Basin 62 Kaiparowits Basin 63 Bridger Basin 64 Marathon-Marfa Basins 65 Uinta Basin 66 Sheep Pass Basin 67 Kennedy Basin 69 Cherokee Basin 70 Exposed Newark Group Basins 71 Auld Lang Syne Basin 73 Sacramento Basin 74 Palo Duro Basin 75 Sedgwick Basin 76 Salina Basin 79 San Joaquin Basin 80 White River-Split Rock Basin 81 Great Smoky Mountains Rift Basin 82 Paradox Basin 83 Orogrande Basin 84 Tascotal Basin 85 San Juan Basin 89 Columbia River Plateau Basins 90 Mississippi Ouachita Thrust Belt - Black Warrior Basin 91 Northern California Borderland Basins 92 Powder River Basin 93 Ely Basin 94 Forest City Basin 95 Snake River Downwarp 96 Clarno-John Day Basin 98 Apalachicola Embayment 101 Copper-Bull Run-Elko- Indian Wells Basin 102 West Nevada Permian- Triassic Basin 103 Central Colorado-Taos Trough 104 Rome Trough 105 Great Valley Basin 106 Havallah Basin 107 Fort Worth Basin 108 Post-Ouachita Successor Basin 112 Denver Basin 113 Oquirrh Basin 114 Hornbrook-Ochoco Basin 115 Permian Basin 116 Idaho-Wyoming Thrust Belt- Greater Green River Basin 117 Baca Basin 119 North Montana Thrust Belt 120 Belt Basin 122 Mississippi Embayment 123 South Florida Basin 124 Anadarko Basin 125 Southeast Oregon- Northern California Basins 126 Arkoma Basin - Ouachita Thrust Belt 127 Southern California Borderland Basins 128 Chuar Group Area Basin 129 Western Washington - Oregon Basins 131 Michigan Basin 132 Williston Basin 133 Illinois Basin 135 Buried Newark Group Basins 136 Midcontinent Rift 137 Antler Foreland Basin 139 Appalachian Basin 142 Basin and Range Basins 143 Gulf of Mexico Basin 144 West Atlantic Basin 0 100 200 300 400 MILES 0 100 200 300 400 KILOMETERS Cenozoic: Intracratonic Cenozoic: Pericratonic Cenozoic: Intercratonic Cenozoic: Oceanic Mesozoic: Intracratonic Mesozoic: Pericratonic Mesozoic: Intercratonic Paleozoic: Intracratonic Paleozoic: Pericratonic Paleozoic: Intercratonic Neoproterozoic: Intracratonic Neoproterozoic: Pericratonic CANADA MEXICO ATLANTIC OCEAN GULF OF MEXICO PACIFIC OCEAN 155°W 160°W 165°W 25°N 20°N 135°W 150°W 165°W 180° 165°E 150°E 65°N 60°N 55°N 50°N Base from General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) 08 grid showing bathymetry and topography at 30 arc-second resolution Base from The CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information (CGIAR-CSI) 250 meter digital elevation model. Hawaii Albers Equal Area Conic Projection Central Meridian: -157.0 Standard Parallel 1: 8.0 Standard Parallel 2: 18.0 Latitude of Origin: 13.0 1983 North American Datum Cenozoic: Intracratonic Cenozoic: Pericratonic Cenozoic: Intercratonic Cenozoic: Oceanic Mesozoic: Intracratonic Mesozoic: Pericratonic Mesozoic: Intercratonic Paleozoic: Intracratonic Paleozoic: Pericratonic Paleozoic: Intercratonic Neoproterozoic: Intracratonic Neoproterozoic: Pericratonic 0 50 100 150 200 MILES 0 50 100 150 200 KILOMETERS EXPLANATION Geologic Era: Category Hawaii Sedimentary Basin HAWAII PACIFIC OCEAN RUSSIA CANADA ALASKA BERING SEA GULF OF ALASKA 7 12 23 25 31 33 36 37 43 44 45 61 68 72 77 78 86 87 88 97 99 100 109 110 111 118 121 130 134 138 141 Base from General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) 08 grid showing bathymetry and topography at 30 arc-second resolution Alaska Albers Equal Area Conic Projection Central Meridian: -154.0 Standard Parallel 1: 55.0 Standard Parallel 2: 65.0 Latitude of Origin: 50.0 1983 North American Datum 0 100 200 300 400 MILES 0 100 200 300 400 KILOMETERS Cenozoic: Intracratonic Cenozoic: Pericratonic Cenozoic: Intercratonic Cenozoic: Oceanic Mesozoic: Intracratonic Mesozoic: Pericratonic Mesozoic: Intercratonic Paleozoic: Intracratonic Paleozoic: Pericratonic Paleozoic: Intercratonic Neoproterozoic: Intracratonic Neoproterozoic: Pericratonic EXPLANATION Geologic Era: Category Sedimentary Basins of Alaska 7 Noatak Basin 12 Amukta Basin 23 Holitna Basin 25 Northway Lowlands 31 Innoko Basin 33 Shelikov Basin 36 Susitna Basin 37 Galena Basin 43 Copper River Basin 44 Umnak Plateau Basin 45 Kobuk-Selawik Basin 61 Cook Inlet Basin 68 North Chukchi Basin 72 Minchumina Basin 77 Kotzebue Basin 78 Hope Basin 86 Nenana Basin 87 Stevenson-Albatross Basin 88 Yukon Flats Basin 97 Nuwuk-Dinkum-Kaktovik Basin 99 Middleton-Yakataga Basin 100 Sanak-Shumagin-Tugidak Basin 109 Bristol Bay Basin 110 Norton Basin 111 Navarin Basin 118 Amak-St. George-Pribilof- Walrus Basin 121 St. Matthew - Hall Basin 130 Bethel Basin 134 Canada Basin 138 Colville Basin and Foldbelt 141 Aleutian Basin 140 Hawaii Sedimentary Basin Basin Number Key Basin Number Key Basin Number Key 140 U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1111 Preliminary Catalog of the Sedimentary Basins of the United States By James L. Coleman, Jr., and Steven M. Cahan Figure 1. Cenozoic Sedimentary Basins of the United States