Grampian Group

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The Grampian Group is a major geological rock sequence within the Scottish Highlands, notable for its deformed and metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rocks formed during the Precambrian to early Paleozoic.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Argyll Group 2
Grampian Group canonical 2
Chalk Group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological group
rock sequence
ageEstimate late Precambrian to early Paleozoic
associatedWith Caledonian orogeny
surface form: Grampian orogeny
contains basic lavas
conglomerate
mudstone
sandstone
siltstone
turbiditic sediments
volcaniclastic rocks
country Scotland
deformation strongly deformed
geologicalPeriod Neoproterozoic Era
surface form: Neoproterozoic

Precambrian Supereon
surface form: Precambrian

early Paleozoic
hasEnvironmentOfDeposition deep-water sedimentary basin
marine basin
lithology gneiss
metamorphosed sedimentary rocks
metamorphosed volcanic rocks
metavolcanic rocks
pelite
psammite
quartzite
schist
semipelite
locatedIn Scottish Highlands
metamorphicGrade amphibolite facies
greenschist facies
metamorphism regional metamorphism
namedAfter Grampian Mountains
surface form: Grampian Highlands
overlies Lewisian complex basement
surface form: Lewisian complex

Lewisian gneiss
partOf Caledonian orogeny
surface form: Caledonian orogen

Dalradian Supergroup
region Central Highlands
Grampian Mountains
surface form: Grampian Highlands
stratigraphicRank group
studyDiscipline geology
metamorphic petrology
stratigraphy
structural geology
tectonicEvent Caledonian orogeny
tectonicSetting orogenic belt
underlies Appin Group
Dalradian Supergroup
surface form: Dalradian Supergroup units

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dalradian Supergroup hasSubdivision Grampian Group
Dalradian Supergroup hasSubdivision Grampian Group
this entity surface form: Argyll Group
Appin Group overlies Grampian Group
Appin Group underlies Grampian Group
this entity surface form: Argyll Group
Chiltern Hills partOf Grampian Group
this entity surface form: Chalk Group