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

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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