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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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

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Siberian Craton hasAlternativeName Siberian Platform (in a broad sense)