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[[File:Sibiria craton NO.jpg|thumb|300px|The Anabar Shield (larger pale blue dot) in the north of the Siberian Craton]]
'''Anabar Shield''' ({{lang-ru|Анабарский щит}}) is a [[Earth:Shield (geology)|shield]] in Siberia. It is an exposed [[Earth:Basement (geology)|basement]] of the Siberian Craton. Together with the [[Earth:Aldan Shield|Aldan Shield]] to the southeast, the Anabar Shield is one of the main features of the [[Earth:Craton|craton]].

On the surface it appears as an upland of moderate height, built of [[Earth:Gneiss|gneiss]]es and crystalline [[Chemistry:Shale|shale]]s folded in the [[Earth:Archean|Archean]]. There are numerous dislocations and intrusions. The outer zone has slightly undulated layers of [[Earth:Proterozoic|Proterozoic]] deposits.<ref name="GSE">[http://bse.sci-lib.com/article051240.html Анабарский массив], [[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]</ref><ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314840143_The_Anabar_Shield_of_the_Siberian_Craton_composition_geochemistry_geochronology The Anabar Shield of the Siberian Craton: Composition, Geochemistry, Geochronology]</ref><ref>[http://rjes.wdcb.ru/v04/tje02090/tje02090.htm Siberian craton - a fragment of a Paleoproterozoic supercontinent]</ref>

The Anabar Shield coincides geographically with the Anabar Plateau, located at the northern end of the Central Siberian Plateau, in the upper reaches of the Anabar, Olenyok and Kotuy rivers.<ref>[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00206818609466319?journalCode=tigr20 The Archean Litosphere as seen in the Anabar Shield]</ref>
==See also==
*Akitkan
*[[Earth:Arctica|Arctica]]
*Birekte Terrane
*[[Earth:List of shields and cratons|List of shields and cratons]]
*Tunguska Basin

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301926819300178 The crust-mantle evolution of the Anabar tectonic province in the Siberian Craton: Coupled or decoupled?]
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[[Category:Proterozoic]]
[[Category:Archean]]

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