Midland Platform

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The Midland Platform is a stable block of ancient crust in central England that forms a structural high separating surrounding sedimentary basins.

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Midland Platform canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cratonic block
geological province
structural high
boundedBy sedimentary basins
characterizedBy ancient crust
stable crust
country England
formsBoundaryWith East Midlands Shelf
Pennine Basin
Wales–Brabant High
Wessex Basin
Worcester Basin
linked to: Cheshire Basin
hasBasementExposure locally exposed in Charnwood Forest
locally exposed in Nuneaton inliers
hasCrustalType continental crust
hasEconomicSignificance controls distribution of coal measures
influences hydrocarbon prospectivity
hasGeologicalAge Precambrian basement
hasRelativeElevation structural high compared to adjacent basins
hasRole separates northern and southern basinal areas of England
hasStructuralStyle gentle warping
low-intensity faulting
hasTectonicActivity tectonically stable in Phanerozoic time
hasTectonicSetting intraplate
stable block
influences basin development in central England
sedimentary thickness patterns
locatedIn central England
mappedBy British Geological Survey
overlainBy Mesozoic sedimentary rocks
Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks
partOf British Isles
East Midlands
United Kingdom
West Midlands
separates surrounding sedimentary basins
studiedInDiscipline petroleum geology
structural geology
tectonics
underlainBy Precambrian crystalline rocks
igneous basement
metamorphic basement

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Cheshire Basin boundedBy Midland Platform