# Basement high

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{{short description|Portion of the basement in a sedimentary basin that is higher than its surroundings}}
[[File:WealdBasinCrossSection.png|thumb|300px|[Cross section](/source/Cross_section_(geometry)) of the [Weald](/source/Weald) in England. A basement high (the Hampshire-Dieppe High) can be seen in the centre-left.]]
In [geology](/source/geology), a '''basement high''' is a portion of the [basement](/source/basement_(geology)) in a [sedimentary basin](/source/sedimentary_basin) that is higher than its surroundings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bre.12448|author=David C. P. Peacock and Graham J. Banks|date=24 January 2022|title=Evolution of the geological structure and mechanical properties due to the collision of multiple basement topographic highs in a forearc accretionary wedge: insights from numerical simulations}}</ref> Commonly, basement highs are hidden by the [sedimentary](/source/sedimentary) fill of the basin. Usually basement highs are elongated features of [tectonic](/source/tectonics) origin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://progearthplanetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40645-021-00461-4|author=Ayumu Miyakawa, Atsushi Noda & Hiroaki Koge |date=11 March 2020|title=Progress in Earth and Planetary Science volume 9, Article number: 1 }}</ref> 

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