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.

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Siberian Platform canonical 1
Siberian platform 1

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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

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