Welsh Massif

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The Welsh Massif is a large, ancient block of uplifted and resistant rocks in western Britain that forms much of the rugged terrain of Wales and influences surrounding geological basins.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Welsh Massif canonical 1
Welsh Mountains 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological massif ⓘ
tectonic block ⓘ
boundedBy fault systems ⓘ
characteristic basement high ⓘ
forms rugged terrain of Wales ⓘ
structurally high block ⓘ
composedOf resistant rocks ⓘ
uplifted rocks ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
erosionalExpression mountainous and upland landscapes ⓘ
extendsInto Irish Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Irish Sea

border areas of England ⓘ
forms much of the topographic core of Wales ⓘ
geologicalAge Palaeozoic ⓘ
linked to: Paleozoic Era

Precambrian to early Palaeozoic core ⓘ
influences Cheshire Basin ⓘ
Irish Sea Basin ⓘ
South Wales Basin ⓘ
linked to: Welsh Basin

surrounding sedimentary basins ⓘ
locatedIn Wales ⓘ
western Britain ⓘ
overlainBy younger sedimentary cover in adjacent basins ⓘ
partOf British Isles ⓘ
Variscan basement of Britain ⓘ
linked to: Hercynian basement
relatedTo Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Variscan orogeny ⓘ
relevance controls thickness and distribution of Mesozoic and Cenozoic sediments in nearby basins ⓘ
important structural element in the geology of western Britain ⓘ
studiedIn British regional geology ⓘ
tectonicSetting Variscan foreland ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Cheshire Basin → boundedBy → Welsh Massif ⓘ
Worcestershire Beacon → offersViewOf → Welsh Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Welsh Massif