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Place Keywords

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

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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