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.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
accretionary prism
→
geological terrane → |
| age |
Ordovician
→
Silurian → |
| boundedBy |
Orlock Bridge Fault
→
Southern Upland Fault → |
| country |
United Kingdom
→
|
| depositionalEnvironment |
deep-marine basin
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|
| 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
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|
| orogeny |
Caledonian orogeny
→
|
| overlies |
Midland Valley terrane (locally, structurally)
→
|
| paleogeographicOcean |
Iapetus Ocean
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| partOf |
Southern Uplands
→
|
| researchTopic |
Caledonian tectonics
→
accretionary prism dynamics → |
| structuralStyle |
fault-bounded
→
folded → strongly deformed → |
| tectonicProcess |
subduction-accretion
→
thrust stacking → |
| trend |
southwest-northeast
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|
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Southern Uplands Fault
→
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formsBoundaryOf |
|
Ettrick Hills
→
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geologicalProvince |