Different plate tectonic settings produce distinctive basin environments where sedimentary rocks are deposited ... In the past, virtually the entire North American continent has been underwater.

The Michigan Basin is a bowl-shaped region in central North America that includes Michigan and its surrounding Great Lakes. The basin contains a sedimentary rock record of up to 5 km (16,000 ft) of ...

And by default, the 191-square-mile body of water takes the cake for North America's oldest freshwater ... that lava flows occurred in the Tahoe Basin at three separate points in time - 2.3 ...