basement rocks in a sentence

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1. In the structure, metamorphic basement rocks and regionally flat lying sedimentary rocks are uplifted and intensely deformed.
2. The break-up of Pangea resulted in the break-up of the Paleozoic metamorphic basement rock.
3. The basement rock formed half-grabens where eroded sediments from the break-up were then deposited.
4. The Halsn�y Basement Rock consists of Precambrian rock with elements of gneiss of both sedimentary and magmatic origin.
5. South of the zone, basement rocks of the Austroalpine and Penninic nappes form the Central Eastern Alps.
6. The falls are 120 feet ( 36 meters ) in height and tumble over basement rock of granite.
7. All basement rocks beneath the Canterbury Region belong to the Torlesse Composite ( Rakaia and Pahau ) Terrane.
8. This fate the Pi�gut-Pluviers granodiorite shares with many other crystalline basement rocks in the Massif Central.
9. The crater is believed to be caused by an impact event due to basement rocks found outside the crater.
10. Compressive forces detached sedimentary units across western Utah and Nevada from their Precambrian basement rocks and pushed them eastward.