Siberian Platform (in a broad sense)

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The Siberian Platform (in a broad sense) is a vast, ancient geological region in Siberia characterized by a stable Precambrian crust overlain by extensive sedimentary cover.

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Label Occurrences
Siberian Platform (in a broad sense) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf craton ⓘ
geological province ⓘ
tectonic unit ⓘ
boundedBy Baikal Rift Zone ⓘ
Central Asian Orogenic Belt ⓘ
Ural Orogenic Belt ⓘ
linked to: Ural Mountains

Verkhoyansk Fold Belt ⓘ
West Siberian Basin ⓘ
continent-scale crustal block},{ Precambrian shield ⓘ
coveredBy extensive sedimentary basins ⓘ
experienced Proterozoic crustal growth ⓘ
extendsTo Central Siberian Plateau ⓘ
Lena River region ⓘ
linked to: Lena River basin

Yenisei River region ⓘ
linked to: Yenisei River basin
formedDuring Archean eon ⓘ
linked to: Archean Eon
hasAge Precambrian ⓘ
hasCharacteristic low seismicity ⓘ
stable Precambrian crust ⓘ
tectonic stability ⓘ
hasCore Archean–Proterozoic basement ⓘ
hasEconomicResource coal ⓘ
diamonds ⓘ
metallic ores ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
oil ⓘ
hasGeologicalSignificance major component of the Siberian Craton ⓘ
records early continental crust evolution ⓘ
hasLithology carbonates in cover sequence ⓘ
granitoid gneisses in basement ⓘ
high-grade metamorphic rocks in basement ⓘ
sandstones in cover sequence ⓘ
shales in cover sequence ⓘ
hasRelation forms basement to Siberian sedimentary basins ⓘ
hasSubunit Aldan Shield ⓘ
Anabar Shield ⓘ
Lena–Tunguska petroleum province ⓘ
linked to: Tunguska Basin

Tunguska Basin ⓘ
hasTectonicStyle cratonic interior ⓘ
platform ⓘ
locatedIn Asian part of Russia ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
overlainBy Cenozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Mesozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Paleozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Phanerozoic sedimentary cover ⓘ
partOf Siberian Craton ⓘ
underlainBy thick continental lithosphere ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Siberian Craton → hasAlternativeName → Siberian Platform (in a broad sense) ⓘ