Siberian Craton

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The Siberian Craton is an ancient, stable core of continental crust in Siberia that forms a major part of the Precambrian foundation of the Eurasian landmass.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Siberian Craton canonical 14
Angara cratonic area 1
Siberian Craton basement 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf craton ⓘ
geological region ⓘ
boundedBy Central Asian Orogenic Belt ⓘ
Taimyr Orogen ⓘ
Verkhoyansk Fold Belt ⓘ
linked to: Verkhoyansk Range

West Siberian Basin ⓘ
linked to: Western Siberia
characterizedAs ancient continental crust ⓘ
stable continental core ⓘ
containsGeologicalProvince Siberian Platform ⓘ
containsLargeIgneousProvince Siberian Traps (on its western margin) ⓘ
continentPartOf Asia ⓘ
Eurasia ⓘ
formsBasementUnder much of eastern Siberia ⓘ
formsPartOf Precambrian basement of Eurasia ⓘ
geologicalAge Precambrian ⓘ
hasAgeRange >3.0 billion years for oldest rocks ⓘ
mainly Archean to Paleoproterozoic basement ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Siberian Platform (in a broad sense) ⓘ
hasCoreRegion Aldan Shield ⓘ
linked to: Aldan

Anabar Shield ⓘ
Olenek Uplift ⓘ
Vilyuy region ⓘ
hasCrustalThickness approximately 35–45 km ⓘ
hasEconomicResource coal ⓘ
copper ⓘ
diamonds ⓘ
gold ⓘ
hydrocarbons ⓘ
nickel ⓘ
platinum-group elements ⓘ
hasLithology Archean gneisses ⓘ
Archean granitoids ⓘ
Proterozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Proterozoic volcanic rocks ⓘ
hasMantleRoot thick lithospheric mantle keel ⓘ
hasShieldComponent Siberian Shield ⓘ
hasTectonicHistoryEvent assembly during Archean and Paleoproterozoic ⓘ
involved in formation of supercontinent Columbia (Nuna) ⓘ
involved in formation of supercontinent Pangea ⓘ
involved in formation of supercontinent Rodinia ⓘ
hasTectonicStability high ⓘ
isOneOf major Precambrian cratons of the world ⓘ
locatedIn Russia ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
overlainBy Phanerozoic sedimentary cover ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline economic geology ⓘ
geochronology ⓘ
geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Columbia → containsCraton → Siberian Craton ⓘ
subject linked to: supercontinent Columbia (Nuna)
Nuna → containsCraton → Siberian Craton ⓘ
subject linked to: supercontinent Columbia (Nuna)
Pannotia → containedCraton → Siberian craton ⓘ
subject linked to: supercontinent Pannotia
linked to: Siberian Craton
Anabar River → geologicalRegion → Siberian Craton ⓘ
Central Siberian Plateau → partOf → Siberian Craton ⓘ
subject linked to: Central Siberian Plateau areas
Laurasia → containsCraton → Siberian Craton ⓘ
Siberian Shield → continentPartOf → Siberian Craton ⓘ
Siberian Shield → containsGeologicalProvince → Angara cratonic area ⓘ
linked to: Siberian Craton
Anabar Shield → partOf → Siberian Craton ⓘ
Olenek Uplift → partOf → Siberian Craton ⓘ
Siberian Platform → underlainBy → Siberian Craton ⓘ
Siberian Platform → hasAlternativeName → Siberian Craton ⓘ
Taimyr Orogen → associatedWith → Siberian Craton ⓘ
Vilyuy region → partOf → Siberian Craton ⓘ
Vilyuy region → overlies → Siberian Craton basement ⓘ
linked to: Siberian Craton
Anabar Plateau → partOf → Siberian Craton ⓘ