The Tunguska Basin is a
sedimentary basin, in
Siberia.
Geography
Much of the
Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province
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is inside.
The area is of about in
Krasnoyarsk Territory
Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the types of inhabited local ...
and
Sakha Republic
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, between the
Yenisei and
Lena rivers. It contains a huge untapped
coal reserve. Its main settlements there are
Norilsk,
Igarka, and
Yeniseisk. The Tunguska rivers cross the basin. On June 30, 1908, near the
Stony Tunguska River the
Tunguska Event took place.
Geology
Boreholes in the Tunguska Basin indicate ubiquitous and abundant
sills, which have great lateral extension.
The Tunguska Basin makes up much of the
Siberian Craton and has several subbasins.
See also
*
Tunguska Plateau
References
External links
Encyclopedia.com referenceUS Geology reference
Geology of Siberia
Geology of the Sakha Republic
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