Siberian Shield
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The Siberian Shield is an ancient, stable block of continental crust in Siberia, composed largely of Precambrian rocks that form the geological core of the region.
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | craton ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Central Asian Orogenic Belt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Verkhoyansk fold-and-thrust belt NERFINISHED ⓘ West Siberian Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composedMostlyOf | Precambrian rocks ⓘ |
| composedOf |
igneous rocks
ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ |
| containsGeologicalProvince |
Aldan Shield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anabar Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ Angara cratonic area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continentPartOf |
Asian continent
ⓘ
Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ Siberian Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryLocatedIn | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coveredBy | Phanerozoic sedimentary basins at margins ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
ancient continental crust
ⓘ
forms geological core of Siberia ⓘ tectonically stable ⓘ |
| hasEconomicResource |
coal in overlying basins
ⓘ
copper ores ⓘ diamond-bearing kimberlites ⓘ gold deposits ⓘ iron ore ⓘ nickel ores ⓘ platinum-group elements ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalAge | Precambrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalStructure | basement complex ⓘ |
| hasGlobalSignificance |
major reservoir of mineral resources in Russia
ⓘ
records early Earth crustal evolution ⓘ |
| hasRockAgeRange |
mainly Archean to Proterozoic
ⓘ
more than 2.5 billion years old in parts ⓘ |
| hasTectonicHistory |
Archean crustal formation
ⓘ
Proterozoic reworking ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
economic geology
ⓘ
geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
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