Permian Basin of northern England

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The Permian Basin of northern England is a geological sedimentary basin characterized by extensive Permian-age deposits, including the Magnesian Limestone, that record arid continental and shallow marine environments.

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Permian Basin of northern England canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
sedimentary basin ⓘ
boundedBy Pennine High ⓘ
containsFossils Permian marine invertebrates ⓘ
algal and microbial structures ⓘ
containsUnit Rotliegend-equivalent red beds ⓘ
Zechstein Group equivalents ⓘ
dominantLithology carbonate rocks ⓘ
dolomitic limestone ⓘ
evaporites ⓘ
extendsInto County Durham ⓘ
Northumberland ⓘ
Yorkshire region ⓘ
formedDuring late Paleozoic ⓘ
geologicalAge Permian ⓘ
hasDepositionalSetting playa lake systems ⓘ
restricted marine shelf ⓘ
sabkha environments ⓘ
hasEconomicUse aquifer for groundwater ⓘ
hydrocarbon exploration target ⓘ
source of building stone ⓘ
hasLithostratigraphicUnit Magnesian Limestone ⓘ
hasSedimentaryFill carbonate-evaporite cycles ⓘ
continental red beds ⓘ
hasStratigraphicMarker Magnesian Limestone escarpment ⓘ
hasStructuralControl reactivated Variscan faults ⓘ
isDocumentedIn British Geological Survey maps ⓘ
isImportantFor reconstructing Permian paleogeography of Britain ⓘ
understanding post-Variscan basin development in northwest Europe ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
northern England ⓘ
linked to: Northern England
overlies Carboniferous strata of northern England ⓘ
paleoclimateIndication semi-arid to arid climate ⓘ
partOf Permian basins of northwest Europe ⓘ
recordsEnvironment arid continental environment ⓘ
shallow marine environment ⓘ
researchField basin analysis ⓘ
sedimentology ⓘ
stratigraphy ⓘ
tectonicSetting post-Variscan extensional regime ⓘ
underlies Triassic strata of northern England ⓘ

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

Magnesian Limestone succession → partOf → Permian Basin of northern England ⓘ