Siberian Platform
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The Siberian Platform is a vast, ancient geological region in Siberia characterized by stable Precambrian basement rocks overlain by extensive sedimentary cover.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
craton
ⓘ
geological province ⓘ tectonic plate interior ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Siberian Traps large igneous province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Central Asian Orogenic Belt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ural Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Verkhoyansk Fold Belt NERFINISHED ⓘ West Siberian Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Aldan Shield
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Anabar Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ Lena River basin areas ⓘ Tunguska Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coveredBy | taiga vegetation in many areas ⓘ |
| extendsTo |
Laptev Sea margin
ⓘ
Lena River NERFINISHED ⓘ Yenisei River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedDuring | Precambrian Eon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Siberian Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArea | several million square kilometers ⓘ |
| hasBasementAge | Precambrian ⓘ |
| hasBasementComposition |
Archean rocks
ⓘ
Proterozoic rocks ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
long-term tectonic stability
ⓘ
low seismic activity ⓘ stable continental crust ⓘ thick sedimentary cover ⓘ |
| hasClimate | predominantly subarctic ⓘ |
| hasCrustalThickness | up to about 45–50 km ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance |
hydrocarbon production
ⓘ
mining industry ⓘ |
| hasGeologicalSignificance |
hosts major mineral resources
ⓘ
records early continental crust evolution ⓘ |
| hasTectonicSetting | interior of Eurasian Plate ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Asian part of Russia
ⓘ
Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlainBy |
Cenozoic sedimentary rocks
ⓘ
Mesozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ Paleozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| partOf | East European–Asian continental mass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| richIn |
coal
ⓘ
diamonds ⓘ metallic ores ⓘ oil and gas ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
geology
ⓘ
petrology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| underlainBy | Siberian Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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