Geology and Minerals

Geology of the Lake District

The geology of England's Lake District is dominated by sedimentary and volcanic rocks of mainly Ordovician age underpinned by large granitic intrusions. Younger sedimentary sequences outcrop on the edges of the Lake District area, with Silurian to the south, Carboniferous to the north, east, and west and Permo-Triassic to the west and east. The entire area was covered by a Mesozoic sequence that was eroded off during the Palaeogene uplift related to the opening of the North Atlantic. During the Quaternary the area was affected by repeated glaciations, which sculpted the current mountainous landscape.

Also on this shelf

See also

• ▸Argentinosaurus
• ▸John Ruskin (Millais)
• ▸Garibaldi Volcanic Belt

Uncatalogued shelf

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