Grampian Group

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The Grampian Group is a major geological rock sequence within the Scottish Highlands, notable for its deformed and metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rocks formed during the Precambrian to early Paleozoic.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Argyll Group 2
Grampian Group canonical 2
Chalk Group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological group ⓘ
rock sequence ⓘ
ageEstimate late Precambrian to early Paleozoic ⓘ
associatedWith Grampian orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Caledonian orogeny
contains basic lavas ⓘ
conglomerate ⓘ
mudstone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
siltstone ⓘ
turbiditic sediments ⓘ
volcaniclastic rocks ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
deformation strongly deformed ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Neoproterozoic ⓘ
linked to: Neoproterozoic Era

Precambrian ⓘ
early Paleozoic ⓘ
hasEnvironmentOfDeposition deep-water sedimentary basin ⓘ
marine basin ⓘ
lithology gneiss ⓘ
metamorphosed sedimentary rocks ⓘ
metamorphosed volcanic rocks ⓘ
metavolcanic rocks ⓘ
pelite ⓘ
psammite ⓘ
quartzite ⓘ
schist ⓘ
semipelite ⓘ
locatedIn Scottish Highlands ⓘ
metamorphicGrade amphibolite facies ⓘ
greenschist facies ⓘ
metamorphism regional metamorphism ⓘ
namedAfter Grampian Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Grampian Mountains
overlies Lewisian complex ⓘ
Lewisian gneiss ⓘ
partOf Caledonian orogen ⓘ
linked to: Caledonian orogeny

Dalradian Supergroup ⓘ
region Central Highlands ⓘ
Grampian Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Grampian Mountains
stratigraphicRank group ⓘ
studyDiscipline geology ⓘ
metamorphic petrology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonicEvent Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
tectonicSetting orogenic belt ⓘ
underlies Appin Group ⓘ
Dalradian Supergroup units ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Dalradian Supergroup → hasSubdivision → Grampian Group ⓘ
Dalradian Supergroup → hasSubdivision → Argyll Group ⓘ
linked to: Grampian Group
Appin Group → overlies → Grampian Group ⓘ
Appin Group → underlies → Argyll Group ⓘ
linked to: Grampian Group
Chiltern Hills → partOf → Chalk Group ⓘ
linked to: Grampian Group