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