Dalradian Supergroup

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The Dalradian Supergroup is a thick sequence of late Precambrian to early Paleozoic metamorphic sedimentary and volcanic rocks extensively exposed in the Scottish Highlands and parts of Ireland.

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Generate an image of the Dalradian Supergroup (The Dalradian Supergroup is a thick sequence of late Precambrian to early Paleozoic metamorphic sedimentary and volcanic rocks extensively exposed in the Scottish Highlands and parts of Ireland.)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic supergroup ⓘ
metamorphic rock sequence ⓘ
containsFossils Ediacaran microfossils ⓘ
trace fossils ⓘ
containsRockType marble ⓘ
metabasic rocks ⓘ
metavolcanic rocks ⓘ
pelite ⓘ
psammite ⓘ
quartzite ⓘ
schist ⓘ
containsStructure cleavage ⓘ
folds ⓘ
thrust faults ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
depositionalEnvironment deep marine basin ⓘ
marine shelf ⓘ
volcanic arc-related settings ⓘ
economicImportance host to base metal mineralization ⓘ
host to gold mineralization ⓘ
geologicAge Neoproterozoic ⓘ
early Paleozoic ⓘ
late Precambrian ⓘ
hasSubdivision Appin Group ⓘ
Argyll Group ⓘ
linked to: Grampian Group

Grampian Group ⓘ
Southern Highland Group ⓘ
linked to: Southern Uplands
lithology metamorphic rocks ⓘ
metasedimentary rocks ⓘ
metavolcanic rocks ⓘ
locatedIn Grampian Highlands ⓘ
linked to: Scottish Highlands

Northern Ireland ⓘ
Republic of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Ireland

Scottish Highlands ⓘ
metamorphicGrade amphibolite facies ⓘ
greenschist facies ⓘ
metamorphismRelatedTo Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Grampian orogeny ⓘ
linked to: Caledonian orogeny
namedAfter Dál Riata ⓘ
overlies Lewisian complex basement ⓘ
Moine Supergroup ⓘ
partOf Caledonian orogen ⓘ
linked to: Caledonian orogeny
stratigraphicThickness several kilometres ⓘ
tectonicSetting passive continental margin ⓘ
timeSpanEnd Early Ordovician ⓘ
timeSpanStart Ediacaran ⓘ
underlies Lower Paleozoic cover sequences ⓘ
Old Red Sandstone ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Highland Boundary Fault → northSideRockType → Dalradian Supergroup ⓘ
Scafell Pike → material → Borrowdale Volcanic Group rocks ⓘ
linked to: Dalradian Supergroup
Gigha → hasGeology → Dalradian rocks ⓘ
linked to: Dalradian Supergroup
Grampian Group → underlies → Dalradian Supergroup units ⓘ
linked to: Dalradian Supergroup
Grampian Group → partOf → Dalradian Supergroup ⓘ
Appin Group → partOf → Dalradian Supergroup ⓘ
Blair Atholl Subgroup → partOf → Dalradian Supergroup ⓘ
Blair Atholl Subgroup → partOf → Scottish Dalradian Supergroup ⓘ
linked to: Dalradian Supergroup
Blair Atholl Subgroup → stratigraphicRole → subdivision of Dalradian Supergroup ⓘ
linked to: Dalradian Supergroup
Jura coastline → geology → Dalradian rocks ⓘ
linked to: Dalradian Supergroup