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Foreland basins form adjacent to mountain belts due to lithospheric flexure caused by the weight of the mountains. As compression occurs at plate boundaries, reverse faulting uplifts crust to form mountain ranges and deposits sediment in adjacent foreland basins. The basins are wedge-shaped, deepest near the mountains and shallowing away from them. Over time, erosion of the mountains adds more sediment to the basins. Examples include the North Alpine Molasse basin adjacent to the Alps and basins related to

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Apriarni Hani Indarti

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