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The geology of the United Kingdom is the geology of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This includes rocks of almost all geological periods. The United Kingdom's oldest rocks were formed during the Archaean Eon of the Earth's geological history. Its youngest sedimentary deposits formed during the Quaternary period.

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colspan="4" align="center"|Geological map of Great Britain
width = "10" border ="1" border color =="#999999" bgcolor ="#ffffff" | 10pxwidth="240" | Quaternary (Alluvium)rowspan="24"| 275px
width = "10" bgcolor ="#fdc052" |  Paleogene / Neogene (Tertiary)
width = "10" bgcolor ="#c5e547" |  | Cretaceous
width = "10" bgcolor ="#41aa54" |  Lower Cretaceous
width = "10" bgcolor ="#b3e2e6" |  middle/upper Jurassic
width = "10" bgcolor ="#00a0c6" |  lower Jurassic
width = "10" bgcolor ="#6b017d" |  upper Triassic
width = "10" bgcolor ="#983999" |  lower Triassic
width = "10" bgcolor ="#f09652" |   upper Permian
width = "10" bgcolor ="#ca3c40" |  lower Permian
width = "10" bgcolor ="#99c4b5" |  upper Carboniferous (Coal Measures)
width = "10" bgcolor ="#67aba0" |  middle Carboniferous
width = "10" bgcolor ="#67946d" |  lower Carboniferous (limestone)
width = "10" bgcolor ="#cb8c37" |  Devonian
width = "10" bgcolor ="#b3e2d0" |  Ordovician / Silurian
width = "10" bgcolor ="#009270" |  Cambrian
width = "10" bgcolor ="#feb343" |  Neoproterozoic
width = "10" bgcolor ="#408521" |  Proterozoic (upper Precambrian)
width = "10" bgcolor ="#f74373" |  Lewisian (lower Precambrian)
width = "10" bgcolor ="#ff0000" |  granite
width = "10" bgcolor ="#c81446" |  Paleogene volcanics

Geographical subdivisions

= United Kingdom =

== Great Britain ==

{{Main|Geology of Great Britain}}

{{see also|Geology of England}}

{{see also|Geology of Scotland}}

{{see also|Geology of Wales}}

== Northern Ireland ==

{{Main|Geology of Northern Ireland}}

External links

{{Commons category}}

{{Geology of Europe}}

{{United Kingdom topics}}