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Shorland Basin, Province 3004, Kutei Basin, Province 3817, Tottori Basin, Province 3315, Bose Basin, Province 3106, Cape Vogel Basin, Province 3964, Northwest Shelf, Province 3948, Musgrave Block, Province 3944, Republic of Korea, Bassian Rise, Province 3908, China, MG, Gorontalo Basin, Province 3812, VM, Marion Terrain, Province 3939, Waikato Basin, Province 3029, Galilee Basin, Province 3926, Heilongjiang Basin, Province 3165, Qiangtang Tanggula Basin, Province 3132, Bangemall and Nabberu Basins, Province 3906, Bligh Water Basin, Province 3003, Murray Basin, Province 3943, Qiangtang Terrane, Province 3133, Nyalga Basin, Province 3205, Visayan, Province 3612, Joban Basin, Province 3305, Altunshan Fold Belt, Province 3102, Perth Basin, Province 3952, South Banda Basin, Province 3826, Niigata Basin, Province 3308, Jianghan Basin, Province 3112, Halls Creek Province 3933, Nanpanjiang Depression, Province 3125, Korba Bay Basin, Province 3404, Korean Continental Shelf, Province 3406, Panjang/Cardomomes Basin, Province 3504, Hodgkinson/Lachlan Fold Belt, Province 3934, Eurasia, Lord Howe Rise, Province 3011, Pearl River Mouth Basin, Province 3130, Nanyang Basin, Province 3126, Baram Delta/Brunei-Sabah Basin, Province 3701, JA, Japan, Eromanga Basin, Province 3924, Yunnan Guizhou Hubei Fold Belt, Province 3161, South China Ocean Basin, Province 3167, Sumatra/Java Fore-Arc Basins, Province 3832, Gyeongsang Basin, Province 3402, Sulawesi Magmatic Arc, Province 3830, Stuart Shelf, Province 3957, Yitong Graben, Province 3169, Ryukyu Volcanic Arc, Province 3310, Taixinan Basin, Province 3153, Northland Basin, Province 3023, Mohe Basin, Province 3164, New Ireland Basin, Province 3968, New England Fold Belt, Province 3946, Sulu Arch, Province 3610, Beibuwan Basin, Province 3103, Tagaung Myitkyina Fold Belt, Province 3520, Eucla Basin, Province 3925, Qaidam Basin, Province 3131, South Sumatra Basin, Province 3828, New Hebrides Arc, Province 3019, McArthur Basin, Province 3945, Tennant Creek Block, Province 3961, Kermadec Ridge, Province 3010, Ishikari Hidaka Basin, Province 3303, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Meratus High, Province 3819, Sulongshan Fold Belt, Province 3148, Great Lake Uplift, Province 3209, Georgina Basin, Province 3929, Sea of Japan, Great South Basin, Province 3007, Central Sumatra Basin, Province 3808, Khorat Platform, Province 3502, Sumatra/Java Accretionary Prism, Province 3831, Maryborough Basin, Province 3940, Amadeus Basin, Province 3903, Jiangnan South Jiangsu Fold Belt, Province 3113, Tasmania Basin, Province 3960, Sanshui Basin, Province 3139, Papuan Basin-Shelf Platform, Province 3969, Alakol Basin, Province 1169, Songliao Basin, Province 3144, Asia Pacific, Palawan Shelf, Province 3605, Sichuan Basin, Province 3142, Choybalsan Basin, Province 3203, Halifax Basin, Province 3932, Clarence-Moreton Basin, Province 3919, Tonle Sap-Phnom Penh Basin, Province 3509, Kingdom of Cambodia, Kanto Basin, Province 3306, Erlian Basin, Province 3110, Korean Craton, Province 3405, Philippine Accretionary Prism, Province 3607, East Asia, Sumba Province 3834, New Zealand East Coast Basin, Province 3020, Northwest Java Basin, Province 3824, Bali Basin, Province 3802, Victoria River Basin, Province 3962, Wiso Basin, Province 3963, Okinawa Trough, Province 3309, Bau Waters Basin, Province 3001, Himalayan, Province 8002, Lhasa Basin, Province 3121, Mellish Reef, Province 3017, Vanikoro Basin, Province 3028, Xichang Yunnan Fold Belt, Province 3157, Bremer Basin, Province 3912, Akita Basin, Province 3301, MC, Truong Son Fold Belt, Province 3510, Daly River Basin, Province 3921, Pacific, Hikurani Trough, Province 3008, Halmahera Platform, Province 3814, Flores Basin, Province 3811, South China Fold Belt, Province 3146, Ordos Basin, Province 3128, Otway Basin, Province 3950, Bass Basin, Province 3907, Melawi Basin, Province 3818, Solomon Islands, Province 3005, Philippine Magmatic Arc, Province 3608, Chatham Rise, Province 3972, Mongolia, Tsushima Basin, Province 3316, Ushumun Basin, Province 3138, Bonaparte Gulf Basin, Province 3910, Japan Volcanic Arc/Accreted Terrane, Province 3304, CB, Northern Irian Jaya Waropen Basin, Province 3823, Gawler Block, Province 3928, Celebes Sea, Province 3807, Browse Basin, Province 3913, Greater Sarawak Basin, Province 3702, Pamusian Tarakan Basin, Province 3606, Weber Basin, Province 3836, Rajang-Crocker Accretionary Prism, Province 3705, Sulu Sea Basin, Province 3611, Carnarvon Basin, Province 3916, Sikhote-Alin Folded Region, Province 1224, Subei Yellow Sea Basin, Province 3147, Circum-Pacific, Yinshan Da and Xiao Hingganling Uplift, Province 3160, South China Continental Shelf Slope, Province 3181, Far East, RP, Thai Basin, Province 3507, New Guinea Foreland Basin-Fold Belt, Province 3966, KN, Carpentaria Basin, Province 3917, Bogdashan Fold Belt, Province 3105, Kumukulig Basin, Province 3117, Gascoyne Block, Province 3927, Taiwan Thrust and Fold Belt, Province 3151, Zaysan Basin, Province 1170, Middle Amur Basin, Province 1227, Central Vietnam Basin, Province 3501, Thailand Mesozoic Basin Belt, Province 3508, South Korea, Qabdu Basin, Province 3137, Baikal-Patom Folded Region, Province 1230, Malay Basin, Province 3703, Surat Basin, Province 3958, Mongol-Okhotsk Folded Region, Province 3202, Yingehai Basin, Province 3159, Paterson Province 3951, Bowen Basin, Province 3911, Kingdom of Thailand, Tonga Ridge, Province 3027, Kunlunshan Fold Belt, Province 3118, Sinzi Uplift, Province 3313, Queensland Plateau, Province 3955, Taikang Hefei Basin, Province 3150, Great Australian Bight Basin, Province 3931, East China Sea Basin, Province 3109, Russell Basin, Province 3016, Three Kings Rise, Province 3026, Songpan Ganzi Fold Belt, Province 3143, Arunta Block, Province 3904, Chuxiong Basin, Province 3107, Alashan Yinshan Fold Belt, Province 3101, Java/Banda Sea, Province 3815, Ulan Bator Basin, Province 3210, Penyu/West Natuna Basin, Province 3825, Altay-Sayan Folded Region, Province 1219, Mekong/Cuulong/Vung Tau Basin, Province 3503, Merauke Platform, Province 3820, Yilgarn Block, Province 3974, Samoa Basin, Province 3024, Laura Basin, Province 3937, Reed Bank Basin, Province 3609, Fiji Islands, Province 3973, East Ili Basin, Province 1164, Melanesia Border Plateau, Province 3013, Money Shoal Basin, Province 3941, Sunda Platform, Province 3835, Bintuni/Sulawati Province 3805, Republic of the Philippines, Australian Arafura Basin, Province 3905, East Ontong Java Rise, Province 3014, Taiwan Melange Belt, Province 3152, Pine Creek Geosyncline, Province 3954, Bone Basin, Province 3806, Honshu Ridge, Province 3302, New Zealand Orogenic Belt, Province 3021, Cagayan Basin, Province 3602, Ngalia Basin, Province 3947, North Sumatra Basin, Province 3822, North Banda Basin, Province 3821, North Korea, Zambalez/Central Luzon Basin, Province 3837, Barito Basin, Province 3804, Qilianshan Fold Belt, Province 3134, Bicol Shelf Basin, Province 3601, Gobi Basin, Province 3204, Great Lake Basin, Province 3208, Adelaide and Kanmantoo Fold Belts, Province 3901, Tokachi Basin, Province 3314, Asia, Longmenshan Dabashan Fold Belt, Province 3168, Huskan Platform, Province 3403, Arafura Basin-Irian Jaya, Province 3801, Tarim Basin, Province 3154, Darling Basin, Province 3922, Yellow Sea, Norfolk Island Ridge, Province 3022, Junggar Basin, Province 3115, People's Republic of China, KS, TH, Temtsag Hailar Basin, Province 3207, Macau, Wanganui Basin, Province 3030, Gensan Basin, Province 3401, Indispensable Reef, Province 3015, Sepik-Ramu Basin, Province 3970, Banda Arc, Province 3803, Gippsland Basin, Province 3930, Tian Shan Foldbelt, Province 1158, Hong Kong, Sulawesi Accretionary Prism, Province 3829, Tibet, Khanka Basin, Province 1226, Halmahera Basin, Province 3813, Erlian Uplift, Province 3166, Sagara Basin, Province 3311, Bohaiwan Basin, Province 3127, Malakula/Aoba/Banks Basin, Province 3938, Lanping Simao Basin, Province 3119, Saigon Basin, Province 3505, Turpan Basin, Province 3156, Fiji Ridge, Province 3006, Lacklan Fold Belt, Province 3936, New Guinea Mobile Belt, Province 3967, Luxi Jiaoliao Uplift, Province 3124, Leidong Basin, Province 3120, Sydney Basin, Province 3959, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Albany-Fraser Province 3904, New Caledonia, Province 3018, Pilbara Block, Province 3953, South China Sea Platform, Province 3506, Officer Basin, Province 3949, Karamay Thrust Belt, Province 3116, Mt. Isa Block, Province 3942, Canning Basin, Province 3914, Xisha Trough, Province 3158, Shanxi Plateau, Province 3140, South Bismarck Volcanic Arc, Province 3971, Solander-Waiau Basin, Province 3025, Taranaki Basin, Province 3031, Birrindudu Basin and Tanami Block, Province 3909, South Makassar Basin, Province 3827, Sumatra/Java Magmatic Arc, Province 3833, Kimberley Basin, Province 3935, Zhangguangcailing Uplift, Province 3162, Jiuquan Minle Wuwei Basin, Province 3114, CH, Rocky Cape Block/Dundas Trough, Province 3956, East Java Basin, Province 3809, Shiwan Dashan Basin, Province 3141, Cotabato Basin, Province 3603, Taiwan, Ketuneau/Sintang Terrane, Province 3816, Korea, Lhasa Terrane, Province 3122, Challenger Plateau, Province 3918, Bellona Plateau, Province 3002, Qiongdongnan Basin, Province 3136, Taihangshan Yanshan Fold Belt, Province 3149, Tenasserim-Shan, Province 8006, Miyazaki Basin, Province 3307, Loyalty Island Ridge, Province 3012, Malay Peninsula, Province 3704, TW, Qinling Dabieshan Fold Belt, Province 3135, Coen-Yambo Block, Province 3920, Sea Of Japan Backarc Basin, Province 3312, Bijianan Basin, Province 3180, HK, Capricorn Basin, Province 3915, East Natuna Basin, Province 3810, Cuoqing Lupola Basin, Province 3108, Drummond Fold Belt and Anakie High, Province 3923

Geologic Provinces of the Far East, 2000 (prv3al)

This coverage includes arcs, polygons and polygon labels that describe U.S. Geological Survey defined geologic provinces of the Far East (China, Mongolia, North and South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and parts of Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam). Each province has a set of geologic characteristics distinguishing it from surrounding provinces. These characteristics may include the dominant lithologies, the age of the strata, and the structural style. Some provinces include multiple genetically-related basins. Offshore province boundaries are defined by the 2000 meter bathymetric contour.

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Author(s) United States Geological
Publication Date 1999
Beginning Date of Data 1999
Ending Date of Data 1999
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BYRDHV
Citation Geological, U.S., 1999, Geologic Provinces of the Far East, 2000 (prv3al): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9BYRDHV.
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