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The map shows that the Central Asian Orogenic Belt is located at the northern portion of Asia, and can be divided into two major parts, which are Kazakhstan orocline and Tuva-Mongolia orocline. It is bounded by the East Europe Craton, Siberia Craton, Karakum Craton, Tarim Craton, and North China Craton. [7]
The volcanically produced Siberian Traps, the largest flood basalts of the Phanerozoic (the last 539 million years), mantle about 40 percent of the Siberian craton. [19] [29] The Siberian craton is known for its large mineral resources. The town of Norilsk is the world's largest supplier of nickel. In 2011 one-fifth of the world's production of ...
The zone runs from the North Sea to the Black Sea. The north-western part of the zone was created by the collision of Avalonia and Baltica/East European Craton in the Late Ordovician. The south-eastern part of the zone, now largely concealed by deep sedimentary basins, developed through Variscan and Alpine orogenic events.
Sarmatian Craton – The southern part of the East European Craton or Baltica, also known as Scythian Plateau; Saxothuringian plate – Structural or tectonic zone in the Hercynian or Variscan orogen of central and western Europe; Siberian Craton – Ancient craton forming the Central Siberian Plateau; South Portuguese plate; Tarim craton
The Siberian Traps (Russian: Сибирские траппы, romanized: Sibirskiye trappy) are a large region of volcanic rock, known as a large igneous province, in Siberia, Russia. The massive eruptive event that formed the traps is one of the largest known volcanic events in the last 500 million years.
Siberia, also known as Siberian Craton, Angaraland (or simply Angara) and Angarida, [1] is an ancient craton in the heart of Siberia. Today forming the Central Siberian Plateau, it formed an independent landmass prior to its fusion into Pangea during the Late Carboniferous-Permian. The Verkhoyansk Sea, a passive continental margin, was fringing ...
The Akitkan Orogen forms a suture between the Anabar Shield to the northwest and the Aldan Shield to the southeast. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] It is a feature of the Siberian Craton known only from geophysical data along most of its extent because it is covered by younger rocks.
Rocks of the outer zone are estimated to have formed 1890–1860 million years ago and granitoids of the inner zone 1840–1790 million years ago. In addition to those two zones Baltybaev identifies a narrow zone of conjugation with Archean complexes between the outer zone and the Archean craton to the north and east. [3]