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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southern Upland Fault | 4 |
| Orlock Bridge Fault | 2 |
| Southern Uplands Fault canonical | 2 |
| Southern Uplands terrane boundary | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T69487 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Southern Uplands Fault Context triple: [Central Lowlands of Scotland, borderedBy, Southern Uplands Fault]
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A.
Highland Boundary Fault
The Highland Boundary Fault is a major geological fault line in Scotland that marks the boundary between the Highlands and the Central Lowlands, separating distinct rock formations and landscapes.
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B.
San Andreas Fault
The San Andreas Fault is a major tectonic boundary in California where the Pacific and North American plates meet, notorious for generating powerful earthquakes.
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C.
Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone
The Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone is a major deep-sea transform fault system in the North Atlantic Ocean that offsets and disrupts the continuity of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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D.
Mother Lode region
The Mother Lode region is a historic gold-bearing area in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, famed as the heart of the 19th-century gold-mining boom.
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E.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a vast underwater mountain range and divergent tectonic plate boundary running down the center of the Atlantic Ocean, where new oceanic crust is formed.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Southern Uplands Fault Target entity description: 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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A.
Highland Boundary Fault
The Highland Boundary Fault is a major geological fault line in Scotland that marks the boundary between the Highlands and the Central Lowlands, separating distinct rock formations and landscapes.
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B.
San Andreas Fault
The San Andreas Fault is a major tectonic boundary in California where the Pacific and North American plates meet, notorious for generating powerful earthquakes.
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C.
Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone
The Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone is a major deep-sea transform fault system in the North Atlantic Ocean that offsets and disrupts the continuity of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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D.
Mother Lode region
The Mother Lode region is a historic gold-bearing area in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, famed as the heart of the 19th-century gold-mining boom.
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E.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a vast underwater mountain range and divergent tectonic plate boundary running down the center of the Atlantic Ocean, where new oceanic crust is formed.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological fault
ⓘ
major tectonic lineament ⓘ strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| ageOfRocksDisplaced |
Ordovician
ⓘ
Silurian ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Southern Uplands Fault
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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
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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
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surface form:
Southern Uplands terrane boundary
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| relatedStructure |
Highland Boundary Fault
ⓘ
Caledonian fault system ⓘ
surface form:
Iapetus Suture Zone
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| researchInterest | paleo-tectonic reconstruction of the Iapetus Ocean ⓘ |
| rockUnitsNorthOfFault |
Central Lowlands of Scotland
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surface form:
Midland Valley terrane
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| rockUnitsSouthOfFault | Southern Uplands accretionary prism ⓘ |
| separates |
Central Lowlands of Scotland
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surface form:
Central Lowlands
Southern Uplands ⓘ |
| significance |
key feature in understanding Caledonian tectonics
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major structural boundary in Scottish geology ⓘ |
| tectonicRole | terrane-bounding fault ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting |
Caledonian orogeny
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surface form:
Caledonian orogenic belt
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| trend | north-east to south-west ⓘ |
| typeOfBoundary | structural and lithological boundary ⓘ |
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Subject: Southern Uplands Fault Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (9)
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