Pennine Basin
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The Pennine Basin is a major geological sedimentary basin in northern England known for its extensive Carboniferous rock sequences and important coal and gritstone formations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pennine Basin canonical | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological region
ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ |
| age | Carboniferous ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Alston Block
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Askrigg Block NERFINISHED ⓘ Wales–Brabant High NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsStratigraphicUnit |
Carboniferous Limestone
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Coal Measures ⓘ Millstone Grit Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developedDuring |
Mississippian
ⓘ
Pennsylvanian ⓘ |
| extendsUnder |
Derbyshire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennines NERFINISHED ⓘ Yorkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod | Carboniferous NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDepositionalEnvironment |
carbonate platforms
ⓘ
deltaic systems ⓘ fluvial systems ⓘ shallow marine environments ⓘ |
| hasEconomicImportance |
building stone quarrying
ⓘ
historical coal mining ⓘ |
| hasEconomicResource |
coal
ⓘ
gritstone building stone ⓘ sandstone building stone ⓘ |
| hasLithology |
coal
ⓘ
gritstone ⓘ limestone ⓘ mudstone ⓘ sandstone ⓘ |
| hasStructuralFeature |
basin-margin highs
ⓘ
fault-controlled sub-basins ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coal-bearing strata
ⓘ
extensive Carboniferous rock sequences ⓘ gritstone formations ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
northern England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlainBy | Permian strata ⓘ |
| partOf | Variscan foreland basins of northwest Europe ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
sedimentology
ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ structural geology ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
extensional basin
ⓘ
post-Variscan foreland basin ⓘ |
| underlainBy | Devonian and older basement rocks ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.