Arabian Shield

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The Arabian Shield is an ancient Precambrian crystalline rock complex forming the geological core of western Arabia, characterized by rugged mountains and rich mineral resources.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Precambrian crystalline basement ⓘ
craton fragment ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ
boundedBy Red Sea ⓘ
characterizedBy exposed basement rocks ⓘ
high relief topography ⓘ
rugged mountains ⓘ
contains greenstone belts ⓘ
major fault systems ⓘ
ophiolitic sequences ⓘ
shear zones ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
economicImportance major mining province in Saudi Arabia ⓘ
formedBy accretion of volcanic arcs ⓘ
continental collision ⓘ
formsCoreOf western Arabia ⓘ
geologicalAge Precambrian ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Neoproterozoic-dominated crust ⓘ
hasFeature extensive fault-controlled basins ⓘ
igneous intrusions ⓘ
hasMineralResource copper ⓘ
gold ⓘ
industrial minerals ⓘ
iron ore ⓘ
rare earth elements ⓘ
silver ⓘ
zinc ⓘ
hostRockFor epithermal gold deposits ⓘ
porphyry copper deposits ⓘ
volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits ⓘ
locatedIn Egypt ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
western Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
overlainBy Phanerozoic sedimentary cover to the east ⓘ
partOf Arabian Plate ⓘ
relatedTo Nubian Shield ⓘ
rockType crystalline basement rocks ⓘ
granite ⓘ
granodiorite ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
volcanic rocks ⓘ
separatedFrom Nubian Shield by the Red Sea ⓘ
tectonicSetting part of East African–Arabian orogenic system ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Jabal al-Lawz region → geology → Arabian Shield ⓘ
Pan-African orogeny → hasPart → Arabian–Nubian Shield ⓘ
linked to: Arabian Shield
Mahd adh Dhahab → partOf → Arabian Shield ⓘ
Red Sea Hills → orogeny → Arabian-Nubian Shield ⓘ
linked to: Arabian Shield
Sarawat Mountains → partOf → Arabian Shield ⓘ
Proto-Africa → hasComponent → Arabian-Nubian Shield ⓘ
subject linked to: proto-Africa
linked to: Arabian Shield
Hijaz Mountains → partOf → Arabian Shield ⓘ
Eilat Mountains → partOf → Arabian–Nubian Shield ⓘ
linked to: Arabian Shield
Sarat Mountains → isPartOf → Arabian Shield highlands ⓘ
linked to: Arabian Shield
Jabal al-Lawz → region → northwestern Arabian Shield ⓘ
linked to: Arabian Shield
Saharan Metacraton → boundedBy → Arabian–Nubian Shield ⓘ
linked to: Arabian Shield
Salma Mountains → partOf → Arabian Shield ⓘ
Solomon's Pillars → partOf → Arabian-Nubian Shield region (broadly) ⓘ
linked to: Arabian Shield