Orcadian Basin
The Orcadian Basin is a sedimentary basin of Devonian age that formed mainly as a result of extensional tectonics in northeastern Scotland after the end of the Caledonian orogeny. During part of its history, the basin was filled by a lake now known as Lake Orcadie. In that lacustrine environment, a sequence of finely bedded sedimentary rocks was deposited, containing well-preserved fish fossils, with alternating layers of mudstone and coarse siltstone to very fine sandstone. These flagstones split easily along the bedding and have been used as building material for thousands of years. The deposits of the Orcadian Basin form part of the Old Red Sandstone (ORS). The lithostratigraphic terms lower, middle and upper ORS, however, do not necessarily match exactly with sediments of lower, middle
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Orcadian Basin
The Orcadian Basin is a sedimentary basin of Devonian age that formed mainly as a result of extensional tectonics in northeastern Scotland after the end of the Caledonian orogeny. During part of its history, the basin was filled by a lake now known as Lake Orcadie. In that lacustrine environment, a sequence of finely bedded sedimentary rocks was deposited, containing well-preserved fish fossils, with alternating layers of mudstone and coarse siltstone to very fine sandstone. These flagstones split easily along the bedding and have been used as building material for thousands of years. The deposits of the Orcadian Basin form part of the Old Red Sandstone (ORS). The lithostratigraphic terms lower, middle and upper ORS, however, do not necessarily match exactly with sediments of lower, middle
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Die Orkadischen Seen waren ein ...... während dieser Zeit erlauben.
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Il Bacino Orcadiano, o Bacino ...... iore si trova nel Carbonifero.
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The Orcadian Basin is a sedime ...... the top in the Carboniferous.
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Die Orkadischen Seen waren ein ...... während dieser Zeit erlauben.
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Il Bacino Orcadiano, o Bacino ...... iore si trova nel Carbonifero.
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The Orcadian Basin is a sedime ...... ith sediments of lower, middle
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Bacino Orcadiano
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Orcadian Basin
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Orkadische Seen
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