Llano uplift

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The Llano Uplift is a geologic region in central Texas known for exposing some of the oldest Precambrian rocks in the state, including ancient metamorphic and igneous formations.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Llano Uplift 5
Llano Uplift region 1
Llano uplift canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic region ⓘ
tectonic uplift ⓘ
ageOfBasement_approx_Ga 1.0–1.4 ⓘ
contains Llano Granite ⓘ
Packsaddle Schist ⓘ
Town Mountain Granite ⓘ
Valley Spring Gneiss ⓘ
gneiss ⓘ
granite ⓘ
igneous intrusions ⓘ
metasedimentary rocks ⓘ
metavolcanic rocks ⓘ
schist ⓘ
containsFeature Enchanted Rock ⓘ
exhumed Precambrian basement ⓘ
granite domes ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
economicImportance construction aggregate ⓘ
dimension stone (granite) ⓘ
exposes Precambrian rocks ⓘ
geologicProvince Llano region ⓘ
hasOutcrops granite hills ⓘ
river valleys ⓘ
road cuts ⓘ
highestPointApproxElevation_m ~760 ⓘ
includesArea Burnet County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gillespie County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Llano County ⓘ
Mason County ⓘ
San Saba County ⓘ
knownFor ancient igneous formations ⓘ
ancient metamorphic formations ⓘ
exposure of some of the oldest rocks in Texas ⓘ
locatedIn Central Texas ⓘ
linked to: central Texas

Texas ⓘ
near Colorado River (Texas) ⓘ
Llano River ⓘ
notableFor oldest exposed rocks in Texas ⓘ
overlainBy Cretaceous sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Paleozoic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
partOf North American Craton ⓘ
linked to: Laurentian craton
regionType exposed basement uplift ⓘ
relatedTo Grenville orogeny ⓘ
rockAge Precambrian ⓘ
studiedIn Precambrian geology ⓘ
petrology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
tectonicHistory formed by uplift and erosion exposing Precambrian basement ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Grenville orogenic belt → exposedIn → Llano uplift ⓘ
Grenville orogeny → formedCoreOf → Llano uplift basement ⓘ
linked to: Llano uplift
Grenville orogeny → preservedIn → Llano uplift of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Llano uplift
Llano River → geologicalFeature → Llano Uplift ⓘ
linked to: Llano uplift
Llano River → region → Llano Uplift region ⓘ
linked to: Llano uplift
Llano County → contains → Llano Uplift ⓘ
linked to: Llano uplift
Enchanted Rock batholith → locatedIn → Llano Uplift ⓘ
linked to: Llano uplift
Llano County, Texas → partOf → Llano Uplift ⓘ
linked to: Llano uplift
Llano, Texas → region → Llano Uplift ⓘ
linked to: Llano uplift