Dnieper‑Donets Basin

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The Dnieper‑Donets Basin is a major sedimentary and hydrocarbon-bearing geological basin in Eastern Europe, extending across parts of Ukraine and Belarus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological basin
sedimentary basin
adjacentTo Donbas Foldbelt
linked to: Donbas

Pripyat Trough
basinType rift basin
contains gas fields of northeastern Ukraine
oil fields of northeastern Ukraine
containsResource coal
condensate
crude oil
natural gas
containsStructure Dnieper‑Donets Aulacogen
economicImportance major hydrocarbon province of Ukraine
explorationStart 20th century
formedBy Devonian rifting
geologicalAge Paleozoic
linked to: Paleozoic Era
hasCountryJurisdiction Belarus
Ukraine
hasLithology carbonates
clastic sediments
hasSealRocks evaporites
hasStratigraphy Carboniferous
Devonian
Mesozoic
Permian
hasTectonicPhase Devonian extension
later inversion
hydrocarbonSystem Paleozoic petroleum system
isPartOf Dnieper‑Donets‑Pripyat rift system
knownFor large gas reserves
onshore hydrocarbon production
locatedIn Belarus
Eastern Europe
Ukraine
majorPlayType stratigraphic traps
structural traps
namedAfter Dnieper River
linked to: Dnieper

Donets River
linked to: Siverskyi Donets
partOf East European Craton
researchField basin analysis
petroleum geology
tectonicSetting intraplate rift
underlainBy Precambrian basement

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Ukrainian Shield boundedBy Dnieper‑Donets Basin
Dnieper‑Donets Basin containsStructure Dnieper‑Donets Aulacogen
linked to: Dnieper‑Donets Basin
Dnieper‑Donets Basin isPartOf Dnieper‑Donets‑Pripyat rift system
linked to: Dnieper‑Donets Basin
Donetsk coal basin borderedBy Dnieper-Donets Basin
linked to: Dnieper‑Donets Basin
Ukrainian Shield region boundedBy Dnieper‑Donets Basin