{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.geologic-province","code":"thing-q2140450","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q2140450/","name":"geologic province","alternateNames":["subbasin","hydrogeochemical province","orogenic belt","AAPG geologic province","anchimetamorphism"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.4","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.PLC"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"A large region of the Earth s crust with a shared geological history and structure, such as a sedimentary basin and its subbasins, an orogenic belt, a shield or platform, a volcanic province or a hydrogeochemical province defined by groundwater chemistry, catalogued by bodies such as the AAPG for petroleum assessment; provinces are used to organise geological maps, resource assessments and hazard studies.","purpose":"Let 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provinces?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"use","name":"Use","description":"Uses.","layers":[{"id":"resources","name":"Resources","description":"Resources.","findings":[{"id":"resources-finding","name":"Resources","description":"Resources.","questions":[{"text":"How are provinces used in petroleum, mineral and groundwater assessment?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits petroleum geology?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"hazards","name":"Hazards","description":"Hazards.","findings":[{"id":"hazards-finding","name":"Hazards","description":"Hazards.","questions":[{"text":"How do provinces inform seismic and volcanic hazard studies?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits seismic hazard?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Examples and history.","layers":[{"id":"examples","name":"Examples","description":"Examples.","findings":[{"id":"examples-finding","name":"Examples","description":"Examples.","questions":[{"text":"What are notable provinces, such as the Canadian Shield, Permian Basin and Deccan Traps?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific province?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","findings":[{"id":"history-finding","name":"History","description":"History.","questions":[{"text":"How did the province concept develop in regional geology?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the history of geology?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe geologic provinces and the schemes that define them.","Report the scheme and source when naming a province's boundaries."],"mustNot":["Present one classification scheme's boundaries as universal.","Confuse provinces with tectonic plates or rock formations.","Present resource estimates for a province as proven reserves.","Merge a metamorphic grade alias with regional provinces."],"requiresHuman":["Using province data to guide drilling, mining or groundwater extraction."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Resource assessments of provinces drive extraction that affects land and communities.","Groundwater chemistry provinces bear on safe drinking water."],"affectedParties":["Communities over resource provinces","Water users","Geoscientists"]},"owners":{"steward":"Geological surveys and professional geoscience bodies that define the schemes.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["National geological survey databases"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q20719696","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"physico-geographical object","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"geological survey","type":"related","note":"organisations"},{"target":"tectonic plate","type":"related","note":"a lithospheric unit"},{"target":"Canadian Shield","type":"related","note":"a craton province"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.geologic-province","Wikidata: Q2140450 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2140450)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["AAPG-USGS provinces, world: about 1000 count - petroleum assessment","scale: hundreds to thousands km"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Region of shared geological history","Basins and subbasins, orogenic belts, shields, volcanic and hydrogeochemical provinces, AAPG provinces","Plates are lithospheric units; physiographic regions are landform-based; formations are rock units","Not a visible object; a mapped region."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the concept","relay schemes and examples","describe uses","distinguish related units"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Confusing provinces with plates or formations","Inconsistent boundaries between schemes","Registry aliases mixing a metamorphic grade with regions"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["USGS and AAPG province codes","Geological map standards"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Organising geological knowledge by region.","sedimentary basins and subbasins","orogenic belts","shields, cratons and platforms","large igneous and volcanic provinces","hydrogeochemical provinces","petroleum provinces such as AAPG geologic provinces","metamorphic zones such as anchimetamorphic regions"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q2140450: geologic province","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2140450","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Geologic province","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_province","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should sedimentary basin and orogenic belt be separate primary entries?","How should geological survey sources be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming distinct kinds and anchimetamorphism, a grade rather than a province; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q2140450/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q2140450/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T12:55:08Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-06T19:51:57+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}