Glenfinnan Group

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The Glenfinnan Group is a major metamorphic rock sequence within the Scottish Highlands, notable for its deformed and metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that record early geological evolution of the Moine Supergroup.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Glenfinnan Group canonical 2
Lochaber Subgroup 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
metamorphic rock sequence ⓘ
composedOf metamorphosed sedimentary rocks ⓘ
pelites ⓘ
psammites ⓘ
quartzites ⓘ
schists ⓘ
semipelites ⓘ
contains metamorphic fabrics related to Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
deformation intensely folded ⓘ
sheared ⓘ
exposedIn Lochaber region ⓘ
West Highlands ⓘ
geologicalAge Neoproterozoic ⓘ
linked to: Neoproterozoic Era
lithostratigraphicUnitOf Moine geology ⓘ
linked to: Moine Supergroup
locatedIn Scottish Highlands ⓘ
metamorphicGrade amphibolite facies ⓘ
namedAfter Glenfinnan ⓘ
overlies Loch Eil Group ⓘ
partOf Moine Supergroup ⓘ
researchField Precambrian stratigraphy ⓘ
metamorphic petrology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
significance key unit for understanding Proterozoic tectonics of the Scottish Highlands ⓘ
structuralStyle strongly deformed ⓘ
tectonometamorphicHistory records early geological evolution of the Moine Supergroup ⓘ
underlies Lochaber Subgroup ⓘ
Morar Group ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Moine Supergroup → containsSubdivision → Glenfinnan Group ⓘ
Appin Group → contains → Lochaber Subgroup ⓘ
linked to: Glenfinnan Group
Morar Group → underlies → Glenfinnan Group ⓘ