Midland Valley terrane (locally, structurally)

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geological terrane structural block

The Midland Valley terrane is a major geological block in central Scotland characterized by complex structural deformation and a history of volcanic and sedimentary basin development between the Highlands and the Southern Uplands.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Midland Valley terrane (locally, structurally) canonical 1
Midlands Microcraton-related terranes 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological terrane ⓘ
structural block ⓘ
boundedBy Highland Boundary Fault ⓘ
Southern Uplands Fault ⓘ
surface form: Southern Upland Fault
contains Ayrshire Basin ⓘ
Carboniferous lavas ⓘ
Clyde basin ⓘ
surface form: Clyde Basin

Coal Measures ⓘ
Forth Basin ⓘ
Old Red Sandstone ⓘ
Permian basins ⓘ
sedimentary basins ⓘ
volcanic centers ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
developedDuring Carboniferous ⓘ
Devonian ⓘ
formsPhysiographicRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Midland Valley of Scotland
geologicalAge Paleozoic ⓘ
hasCharacteristic complex structural deformation ⓘ
folding ⓘ
normal faulting ⓘ
strike-slip faulting ⓘ
hasDeformationPhase Variscan-related deformation ⓘ
post-Variscan reactivation ⓘ
hasEconomicResource building stone ⓘ
coal ⓘ
hydrocarbons ⓘ
hasResearchField basin analysis ⓘ
petroleum geology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
hasSedimentation deltaic deposits ⓘ
fluvio-lacustrine deposits ⓘ
marine incursions ⓘ
hasStructuralStyle fault-bounded half-grabens ⓘ
tilted fault blocks ⓘ
hasVolcanism Carboniferous volcanism ⓘ
Permian volcanism ⓘ
locatedIn central Scotland ⓘ
overlies British Caledonides ⓘ
surface form: Caledonian orogenic belt
partOf British Caledonides ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Caledonides
separates Highlands ⓘ
Southern Uplands ⓘ
structurallyBetween Grampian Terrane ⓘ
surface form: Grampian terrane

Southern Uplands terrane ⓘ
tectonicEvolution post-orogenic extension ⓘ
strike-slip basin development ⓘ
tectonicSetting post-Caledonian ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Southern Uplands terrane → overlies → Midland Valley terrane (locally, structurally) ⓘ
Avalonia → contains → Midland Valley terrane (locally, structurally) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midlands Microcraton-related terranes