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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Siberian Platform canonical 1
Siberian platform 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf craton ⓘ
geological province ⓘ
tectonic plate interior ⓘ
associatedWith Siberian Traps large igneous province ⓘ
borderedBy Central Asian Orogenic Belt ⓘ
Ural Mountains ⓘ
Verkhoyansk Fold Belt ⓘ
West Siberian Basin ⓘ
contains Aldan Shield ⓘ
Anabar Shield ⓘ
Lena River basin areas ⓘ
Tunguska Basin ⓘ
coveredBy taiga vegetation in many areas ⓘ
extendsTo Laptev Sea margin ⓘ
Lena River ⓘ
Yenisei River ⓘ
formedDuring Precambrian Eon ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Siberian Craton ⓘ
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 ⓘ
overlainBy Cenozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Mesozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Paleozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
partOf East European–Asian continental mass ⓘ
linked to: Eurasia
richIn coal ⓘ
diamonds ⓘ
metallic ores ⓘ
oil and gas ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline geology ⓘ
petrology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
underlainBy Siberian Craton ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Siberian Craton → containsGeologicalProvince → Siberian Platform ⓘ
Vankor cluster → geologicalSetting → Siberian platform ⓘ
linked to: Siberian Platform