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foreland
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foreland

foreland <a foreland; forelands> N

foreland

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When the orogen evolves the foreland basin becomes shallower and molasse is deposited on top of the flysch.
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The molasse can sometimes completely fill a foreland basin, creating a nearly flat depositional surface, that nonetheless remains a structural syncline.
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Thus, the thrust belt is mobile and the foreland basin system becomes deformed over time.
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Coarse sediments from the continual uplift and erosion were later deposited in foreland areas as molasse.
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When the convergent movement of the two plates results in continental collision, the basin becomes shallower and develops into a foreland basin.
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The thin-skinned style of deformation is typical of many fold and thrust belts developed in the foreland of a collisional zone or back arc of a continental volcanic arc.
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