Chinese continental crust
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The Chinese continental crust is the extensive, geologically complex portion of Earth’s crust underlying much of China, composed of multiple ancient tectonic blocks and plates that have amalgamated over hundreds of millions of years.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chinese continental crust canonical | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
continental crust
ⓘ
geological region ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Central Asian Orogenic Belt evolution
ⓘ
Himalayan orogeny ⓘ
surface form:
India–Asia collision
Pacific Plate subduction beneath eastern China ⓘ closure of the Paleo-Asian Ocean ⓘ closure of the Tethys Ocean branches ⓘ |
| containsResource |
major metallic mineral deposits
ⓘ
petroleum and natural gas basins ⓘ |
| formedBy |
amalgamation of multiple tectonic blocks
ⓘ
continental collision ⓘ rifting and reworking of older crust ⓘ subduction and accretion ⓘ |
| hasAgeRange |
Archean
ⓘ
Cenozoic ⓘ Mesozoic Era ⓘ
surface form:
Mesozoic
Paleozoic ⓘ Proterozoic ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
contains Archean to Phanerozoic rocks
ⓘ
geologically complex ⓘ records multiple supercontinent cycles ⓘ relatively stable cratonic interiors in parts of the north and northwest ⓘ tectonically active margins in the west and southwest ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Altai Mountains
ⓘ
surface form:
Altai orogenic belt in China
Bohai Bay Basin basement ⓘ Central Asian Orogenic Belt ⓘ
surface form:
Central Asian Orogenic Belt segments in northern China
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
surface form:
Himalayan orogenic belt in southern Tibet
Jiangnan orogen ⓘ Junggar Basin basement ⓘ Lhasa terrane ⓘ North China Craton ⓘ Ordos ⓘ
surface form:
Ordos Block
Qaidam Block ⓘ Qiangtang terrane ⓘ Qinling–Dabie orogeny ⓘ
surface form:
Qinling–Dabie–Sulu orogenic belt
Sichuan Basin basement ⓘ Songliao Basin basement ⓘ Songpan–Ganzi terrane ⓘ South China Block ⓘ Tarim Basin basement ⓘ Tarim Craton ⓘ Pamir–Tien Shan mountain system ⓘ
surface form:
Tianshan orogenic belt
Tibetan Plateau crust ⓘ |
| locatedIn | China ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Earth ⓘ |
| partOf | Eurasian Plate ⓘ |
| studiedBy | geologists ⓘ |
| studiedUsing |
deep seismic reflection profiling
ⓘ
geochemical analysis ⓘ geochronology ⓘ seismic tomography ⓘ |
| thickestIn | Tibetan Plateau ⓘ |
| thicknessRange | approximately 30–70 km ⓘ |
| thinnerIn | eastern China ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.