Southern Uplands terrane

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accretionary prism geological terrane

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.

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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 ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Southern Uplands terrane
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (5)

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

Southern Uplands Fault → formsBoundaryOf → Southern Uplands terrane ⓘ

Ettrick Hills → geologicalProvince → Southern Uplands terrane ⓘ

Siccar Point unconformity → formsPartOf → Southern Uplands terrane ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern Uplands geological region

Midland Valley terrane (locally, structurally) → structurallyBetween → Southern Uplands terrane ⓘ

subject surface form: Midland Valley terrane

Dungeon Hills → geologicalContext → Southern Uplands terrane ⓘ