Basement high

In geology, a basement high is a portion of the basement in a sedimentary basin that is higher than its surroundings. Commonly, structures referred to as basement highs are hidden by the sedimentary fill of the basin. Usually basement highs are elongated features of tectonic origin.

Structural geology
Underlying theory	Strain Stress Stress field Mohr–Coulomb theory Mohr's circle Lamé's stress ellipsoid Strain partitioning Tension Overburden pressure Deformation mechanism Rock mechanics
Measurement conventions	Strike and dip Rake Inclinometer Brunton compass Stereographic projection Orthographic projection
Large-Scale Tectonics	Plate tectonics Orogeny Structural basin Rift Extensional tectonics Graben Half-graben Décollement Obduction List of tectonic plate interactions Nappe Continental collision Convergent boundary Fenster Klippe Fold and thrust belt Foreland basin Accretionary wedge Terrane Mountain formation Fold mountains Fault block Horst Rift valley Mélange Thick-skinned deformation Thin-skinned deformation Thrust tectonics Passive margin Divergent boundary Back-arc basin Intra-arc basin Strike-slip tectonics Syneclise Suture Saddle Inversion Horst and graben Horse Pull-apart basin Autochthon Allochthon
Fracturing	Joint Exfoliation joint Vein Dike Columnar jointing
Faulting	Thrust fault Detachment fault Disturbance Fault mechanics Fault trace Fault scarp Transform fault Transfer zone Cataclastic rock Cataclasite
Foliation and Lineation	Rock microstructure Crenulation Cleavage Slickenside Pressure solution Stylolite Compaction Fissility Oblique foliation Tectonic phase Tectonite
Folding	Vergence Anticline Syncline Dome Monocline Chevron Homocline Detachment fold
Boudinage	Competence
Kinematic Analysis	3D fold evolution Section restoration Paleostress Paleostress inversion
Shear zone	Shear Pure shear Mylonite

Cross section of the Weald in England. A basement high (the Hampshire-Dieppe High) can be seen in the centre-left.

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