Borrowdale Volcanic Group

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Borrowdale_Volcanic_Group
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf geological formation
gptkbp:age gptkb:Ordovician
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Crinkle_Member
gptkb:Duddon_Hall_Formation
gptkb:Esk_Pike_Sandstone_Formation
gptkb:Eycott_Volcanic_Group
gptkb:Lincomb_Tarns_Tuff_Formation
gptkb:Pavey_Ark_Member
gptkb:Seathwaite_Fell_Sandstone_Formation
gptkb:Thirlmere_Tuff_Member
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:depositionalEnvironment gptkb:volcanic_activity
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Borrowdale Volcanic Group
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Lake_District
gptkb:Cumbria
gptkbp:namedFor gptkb:Borrowdale
gptkb:W._W._Watts
gptkbp:notableExposure gptkb:Scafell_Pike
gptkb:Great_Gable
gptkb:Helvellyn
gptkb:Borrowdale_Valley
gptkbp:overlies gptkb:Skiddaw_Group
gptkbp:period gptkb:Ordovician
gptkbp:primaryLithology rhyolite
dacite
andesite
volcaniclastic rocks
gptkbp:thickness up to 6000 m
gptkbp:underlies gptkb:Windermere_Supergroup
gptkbp:yearNamed 1925
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bowfell
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6