Southern Uplands accretionary prism

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The Southern Uplands accretionary prism is a large, deformed wedge of sedimentary rocks in southern Scotland formed by the off-scraping and stacking of oceanic sediments during ancient subduction along the Iapetus Ocean.

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Generate an image of the Southern Uplands accretionary prism (The Southern Uplands accretionary prism is a large, deformed wedge of sedimentary rocks in southern Scotland formed by the off-scraping and stacking of oceanic sediments during ancient subduction along the Iapetus Ocean.)

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Southern Uplands accretionary prism canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf accretionary prism ⓘ
geological formation ⓘ
tectonic wedge ⓘ
boundedToNorthBy Southern Upland Fault ⓘ
boundedToSouthBy Orlock Bridge Fault ⓘ
composedOf mudstones ⓘ
shales ⓘ
turbiditic sandstones ⓘ
composedPrimarilyOf sedimentary rocks ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
deformationFeatures cleavage development ⓘ
folds ⓘ
thrust faults ⓘ
deformationStyle intensely deformed ⓘ
exposedAtSurface true ⓘ
extendsFrom southwest Scotland ⓘ
extendsTo southeast Scotland ⓘ
formedAlong Iapetus Ocean ⓘ
formedByProcess off-scraping of oceanic sediments ⓘ
subduction ⓘ
thrust stacking of sedimentary slices ⓘ
formsPartOf Caledonides ⓘ
linked to: Caledonian orogeny
geologicalAge Palaeozoic ⓘ
linked to: Paleozoic Era
geologicalAgeDetail Ordovician ⓘ
Silurian ⓘ
locatedIn Scotland ⓘ
Southern Uplands ⓘ
southern Scotland ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
orogeny Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
paleogeographicOrigin Iapetus Ocean floor sediments ⓘ
relatedTo Central Belt of the Southern Uplands ⓘ
Midland Valley of Scotland ⓘ
Northern Belt of the Southern Uplands ⓘ
linked to: Southern Uplands

Southern Belt of the Southern Uplands ⓘ
linked to: Southern Uplands
researchField sedimentology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
sedimentaryEnvironment deep-marine turbidite system ⓘ
significance key example of ancient accretionary prism in the Caledonides ⓘ
records closure of the Iapetus Ocean ⓘ
structuralStyle fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
imbricate thrust stack ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate margin ⓘ

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

Southern Uplands Fault → rockUnitsSouthOfFault → Southern Uplands accretionary prism ⓘ