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Mongolia has complicated tectonic and structural geology, belonging to the Mongolian-Okhotsk Mobile Zone, between the Siberian Platform and Chinese Platform.The basement rocks formed during the Paleozoic in the Precambrian as Riphean age ophiolite formations experienced rifting from 1.7 to 1.6 billion years ago and again around 800 million years ago.
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, located between China and Russia. The terrain is one of mountains and rolling plateaus , with a high degree of relief. [ 2 ] The total land area of Mongolia is 1,564,116 square kilometres. [ 3 ]
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 Nemegt Formation (also known as Nemegtskaya Svita) is a geological formation in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, dating to the Late Cretaceous. The formation consists of river channel sediments and contains fossils of fish , turtles , crocodilians , and a diverse fauna of dinosaurs , including birds.
The Djadochta formation (sometimes transcribed and also known as Djadokhta, Djadokata, or Dzhadokhtskaya) is a highly fossiliferous geological formation in Central Asia, Gobi Desert, dating from the Late Cretaceous period, about 75 million to 71 million years ago.
The Ek-tagh or Mongolian Altai, which separates the Khovd basin on the north from the Irtysh basin on the south, is a true border-range, in that it rises in a steep and lofty escarpment from the Dzungarian depression (470–900 m (1,540–2,950 ft)), but descends on the north by a relatively short slope to the plateau (1,150–1,680 m (3,770 ...
Fossil localities in Mongolia. From C to D, mainly Bayan Shireh locations The Bayan Shireh Formation (also known as Baynshiree/Baynshire , Baynshirenskaya Svita or Baysheen Shireh ) is a geological formation in Mongolia , that dates to the Cretaceous period.
Fossils of Mongolia (2 C, 104 P) I. Impact craters of Mongolia ... Pages in category "Geology of Mongolia" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.