London Platform

E930720

The London Platform is a stable block of ancient crust in southern England that forms a major structural high separating sedimentary basins such as the Wessex Basin.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
London Platform canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crustal block ⓘ
geological structure ⓘ
structural high ⓘ
tectonic unit ⓘ
associatedWith English Channel Basin ⓘ
linked to: Wessex Basin

Weald Basin ⓘ
Wessex Basin ⓘ
boundedBy fault systems at its margins ⓘ
characterizedAs stable block of ancient crust ⓘ
composedOf ancient continental crust ⓘ
controls sedimentary basin configuration in southern England ⓘ
geologicalAge Precambrian to early Paleozoic basement ⓘ
hasProperty relatively thin sedimentary cover compared to adjacent basins ⓘ
influences hydrocarbon prospectivity in southern England ⓘ
subsidence patterns in adjacent basins ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
southern England ⓘ
orientation generally east–west trending structural feature ⓘ
overlainBy Cenozoic sediments ⓘ
Mesozoic sediments ⓘ
partOf basement geology of the British Isles ⓘ
recognizedIn regional geological mapping of southern England ⓘ
researchField basin analysis ⓘ
petroleum geology ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ
separates Wessex Basin ⓘ
other surrounding sedimentary basins ⓘ
structuralRole major structural high ⓘ
tectonicStability relatively stable since Paleozoic ⓘ
underlies Mesozoic sedimentary cover in southern England ⓘ
parts of the onshore area of southern England ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Wessex Basin → boundedBy → London Platform ⓘ