Southern Uplands Fault

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The Southern Uplands Fault is a major geological fault line in Scotland that marks the boundary between the Central Lowlands and the Southern Uplands, playing a key role in the region’s tectonic and landscape history.

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Generate an image of the Southern Uplands Fault (The Southern Uplands Fault is a major geological fault line in Scotland that marks the boundary between the Central Lowlands and the Southern Uplands, playing a key role in the region’s tectonic and landscape history.)

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological fault ⓘ
major tectonic lineament ⓘ
strike-slip fault ⓘ
ageOfRocksDisplaced Ordovician ⓘ
Silurian ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Southern Upland Fault ⓘ
approximateLength over 200 km ⓘ
associatedWith accretion of Southern Uplands sedimentary rocks ⓘ
closure of the Iapetus Ocean ⓘ
category Geology of Scotland ⓘ
Seismic faults of the United Kingdom ⓘ
controls regional topography between Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
deformationStyle faulting and folding of Paleozoic strata ⓘ
downthrowSide north ⓘ
exposedIn numerous coastal and inland outcrops in southern Scotland ⓘ
extendsFrom Ayrshire ⓘ
extendsTo Berwickshire ⓘ
formsBoundaryOf Southern Uplands terrane ⓘ
geologicalPeriodOfMajorActivity Devonian ⓘ
Silurian ⓘ
influences drainage patterns in southern Scotland ⓘ
landscape evolution of southern Scotland ⓘ
locatedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
mappedBy British Geological Survey ⓘ
marksBoundaryBetween Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands ⓘ
movementType lateral displacement ⓘ
sinistral strike-slip ⓘ
orientation NE–SW ⓘ
orogeny Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
parallelTo Highland Boundary Fault ⓘ
partOf Southern Uplands terrane boundary ⓘ
relatedStructure Highland Boundary Fault ⓘ
Iapetus Suture Zone ⓘ
researchInterest paleo-tectonic reconstruction of the Iapetus Ocean ⓘ
rockUnitsNorthOfFault Midland Valley terrane ⓘ
rockUnitsSouthOfFault Southern Uplands accretionary prism ⓘ
separates Central Lowlands ⓘ
Southern Uplands ⓘ
significance key feature in understanding Caledonian tectonics ⓘ
major structural boundary in Scottish geology ⓘ
tectonicRole terrane-bounding fault ⓘ
tectonicSetting Caledonian orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: Caledonian orogeny
trend north-east to south-west ⓘ
typeOfBoundary structural and lithological boundary ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Central Lowlands of Scotland → borderedBy → Southern Uplands Fault ⓘ
Southern Uplands Fault → partOf → Southern Uplands terrane boundary ⓘ
linked to: Southern Uplands Fault
Southern Uplands Fault → alsoKnownAs → Southern Upland Fault ⓘ
linked to: Southern Uplands Fault
Southern Uplands → geologicalFeature → Southern Uplands Fault ⓘ
Southern Uplands accretionary prism → boundedToNorthBy → Southern Upland Fault ⓘ
linked to: Southern Uplands Fault
Southern Uplands accretionary prism → boundedToSouthBy → Orlock Bridge Fault ⓘ
linked to: Southern Uplands Fault
Southern Uplands terrane → boundedBy → Southern Upland Fault ⓘ
linked to: Southern Uplands Fault
Southern Uplands terrane → boundedBy → Orlock Bridge Fault ⓘ
linked to: Southern Uplands Fault
Midland Valley terrane → boundedBy → Southern Upland Fault ⓘ
linked to: Southern Uplands Fault
Loch Enoch → locatedOn → Loch Enoch Fault zone ⓘ
linked to: Southern Uplands Fault