Appin Group

E154088

The Appin Group is a sequence of metamorphosed sedimentary rocks in the Scottish Highlands, notable as a key component of the Neoproterozoic stratigraphy of the Dalradian.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Appin 4
Appin Group canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic group ⓘ
metamorphosed sedimentary rock sequence ⓘ
stratigraphic unit ⓘ
chronostratigraphicPosition early to mid-Neoproterozoic ⓘ
contains Ballachulish Subgroup ⓘ
linked to: Ballachulish

Blair Atholl Subgroup ⓘ
Lochaber Subgroup ⓘ
linked to: Glenfinnan Group
country Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment marine shelf ⓘ
shallow marine ⓘ
geologicAge Neoproterozoic ⓘ
lithology limestone ⓘ
metacarbonate rocks ⓘ
metamorphosed sedimentary rocks ⓘ
pelite ⓘ
psammite ⓘ
quartzite ⓘ
locatedIn Scottish Highlands ⓘ
metamorphicGrade greenschist facies (locally higher) ⓘ
namedAfter Appin ⓘ
linked to: Appin Group
overlies Grampian Group ⓘ
partOf Dalradian Supergroup ⓘ
region Grampian Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Grampian Mountains
stratigraphicImportance key component of Neoproterozoic Dalradian stratigraphy ⓘ
studyDiscipline metamorphic petrology ⓘ
sedimentology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
tectonicSetting Dalradian Basin ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt
underlies Argyll Group ⓘ
linked to: Grampian Group

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Grampian Group → underlies → Appin Group ⓘ
Appin Group → namedAfter → Appin ⓘ
linked to: Appin Group
Clan Stewart → region → Appin ⓘ
linked to: Appin Group
Loch Linnhe → adjacentTo → Appin ⓘ
linked to: Appin Group
Lorne (region in Scotland) → borders → Appin ⓘ
linked to: Appin Group