Southern Uplands terrane
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The Southern Uplands terrane is a geological region in southern Scotland composed mainly of deformed and folded sedimentary rocks, representing an ancient accretionary prism formed during the closure of the Iapetus Ocean.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Uplands terrane canonical | 4 |
| Southern Uplands geological region | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
accretionary prism
ⓘ
geological terrane ⓘ |
| age |
Ordovician
ⓘ
Silurian ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Southern Uplands Fault
ⓘ
surface form:
Orlock Bridge Fault
Southern Uplands Fault ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Upland Fault
|
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depositionalEnvironment | deep-marine basin ⓘ |
| depositionalProcess | submarine fan sedimentation ⓘ |
| extendsInto |
Irish Sea
ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| formedDuring | closure of the Iapetus Ocean ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | convergent plate margin ⓘ |
| lithology |
greywacke sandstones
ⓘ
mudstones ⓘ sedimentary rocks ⓘ siltstones ⓘ turbidites ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern Scotland ⓘ |
| orogeny | Caledonian orogeny ⓘ |
| overlies | Midland Valley terrane (locally, structurally) ⓘ |
| paleogeographicOcean | Iapetus Ocean ⓘ |
| partOf | Southern Uplands ⓘ |
| researchTopic |
Caledonian orogeny
ⓘ
surface form:
Caledonian tectonics
accretionary prism dynamics ⓘ |
| structuralStyle |
fault-bounded
ⓘ
folded ⓘ strongly deformed ⓘ |
| tectonicProcess |
subduction-accretion
ⓘ
thrust stacking ⓘ |
| trend | southwest-northeast ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Southern Uplands geological region
subject surface form:
Midland Valley terrane