Southern Uplands Fault

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The Southern Uplands Fault is a major geological fault line in Scotland that marks the boundary between the Central Lowlands and the Southern Uplands, playing a key role in the region’s tectonic and landscape history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological fault
major tectonic lineament
strike-slip fault
ageOfRocksDisplaced Ordovician
Silurian
alsoKnownAs Southern Uplands Fault
surface form: Southern Upland Fault
approximateLength over 200 km
associatedWith accretion of Southern Uplands sedimentary rocks
closure of the Iapetus Ocean
category Geology of Scotland
Seismic faults of the United Kingdom
controls regional topography between Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands
country Scotland
deformationStyle faulting and folding of Paleozoic strata
downthrowSide north
exposedIn numerous coastal and inland outcrops in southern Scotland
extendsFrom Ayrshire
extendsTo Berwickshire
formsBoundaryOf Southern Uplands terrane
geologicalPeriodOfMajorActivity Devonian
Silurian
influences drainage patterns in southern Scotland
landscape evolution of southern Scotland
locatedIn United Kingdom
mappedBy British Geological Survey
marksBoundaryBetween Central Lowlands of Scotland
surface form: Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands
movementType lateral displacement
sinistral strike-slip
orientation NE–SW
orogeny Caledonian orogeny
parallelTo Highland Boundary Fault
partOf Southern Uplands Fault self-linksurface differs
surface form: Southern Uplands terrane boundary
relatedStructure Highland Boundary Fault
Caledonian fault system
surface form: Iapetus Suture Zone
researchInterest paleo-tectonic reconstruction of the Iapetus Ocean
rockUnitsNorthOfFault Central Lowlands of Scotland
surface form: Midland Valley terrane
rockUnitsSouthOfFault Southern Uplands accretionary prism
separates Central Lowlands of Scotland
surface form: Central Lowlands

Southern Uplands
significance key feature in understanding Caledonian tectonics
major structural boundary in Scottish geology
tectonicRole terrane-bounding fault
tectonicSetting Caledonian orogeny
surface form: Caledonian orogenic belt
trend north-east to south-west
typeOfBoundary structural and lithological boundary

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Central Lowlands of Scotland borderedBy Southern Uplands Fault
Southern Uplands Fault partOf Southern Uplands Fault self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Southern Uplands terrane boundary
Southern Uplands Fault alsoKnownAs Southern Uplands Fault
this entity surface form: Southern Upland Fault
Southern Uplands geologicalFeature Southern Uplands Fault
Southern Uplands accretionary prism boundedToNorthBy Southern Uplands Fault
this entity surface form: Southern Upland Fault
Southern Uplands accretionary prism boundedToSouthBy Southern Uplands Fault
this entity surface form: Orlock Bridge Fault
Southern Uplands terrane boundedBy Southern Uplands Fault
this entity surface form: Southern Upland Fault
Southern Uplands terrane boundedBy Southern Uplands Fault
this entity surface form: Orlock Bridge Fault
Midland Valley terrane (locally, structurally) boundedBy Southern Uplands Fault
subject surface form: Midland Valley terrane
this entity surface form: Southern Upland Fault