Sunda Craton
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The Sunda Craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust in Southeast Asia that underlies much of the region’s landmass and adjacent shallow seas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sunda Craton canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | craton ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sundaland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sundaland Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sunda Shelf sea-level changes
ⓘ
exposed land bridges during Pleistocene low sea level ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Sunda Arc subduction zones
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
tectonically active margins of Indonesia ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
ancient continental crust
ⓘ
tectonic stability ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| formedBefore | Mesozoic era ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | Southeast Asian continental core ⓘ |
| hasCrustType | thick continental crust ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance |
mineral resources
ⓘ
natural gas resources ⓘ petroleum resources ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
broad shallow continental shelf
ⓘ
relatively low seismicity compared to surrounding arcs ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalAge | Precambrian core ⓘ |
| hasLithosphereType | continental lithosphere ⓘ |
| hasPaleogeographicName | Sundaland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importantFor |
biogeographic history of Southeast Asia
ⓘ
hydrocarbon accumulation in Southeast Asia ⓘ paleogeographic reconstructions of Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| influences | regional sea-level response and coastline position ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlainBy |
Cenozoic sedimentary basins
ⓘ
Mesozoic sedimentary basins ⓘ |
| partOf | Eurasian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsRoleIn |
configuration of Southeast Asian continental shelves
ⓘ
distribution of terrestrial fauna in Sundaland ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Indochina Block
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South China Block NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
geology
ⓘ
plate tectonics ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| underlies |
Borneo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Java Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Malay Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ South China Sea shelf areas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sumatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunda Shelf NERFINISHED ⓘ adjacent shallow seas of Southeast Asia ⓘ much of the Southeast Asian landmass ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.