Walls Boundary Fault

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The Walls Boundary Fault is a major geological fault in Scotland and the Shetland Islands that forms part of the ancient Caledonian tectonic structure.

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Walls Boundary Fault canonical 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological fault ⓘ
strike-slip fault ⓘ
activityStatus inactive in the present day ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
exposedIn Mainland, Shetland ⓘ
West Shetland ⓘ
linked to: Shetland
featureOf Shetland geology ⓘ
formedDuring closure of the Iapetus Ocean ⓘ
geologicalAge Devonian ⓘ
Silurian ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Palaeozoic ⓘ
linked to: Paleozoic Era
hasRockUnits igneous intrusions ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
hasSignificance important for reconstruction of North Atlantic Caledonides ⓘ
key to understanding Caledonian terrane assembly in Shetland ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Isles ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Shetland Islands ⓘ
linked to: Shetland
mappedBy British Geological Survey ⓘ
movementType lateral displacement ⓘ
strike-slip ⓘ
namedAfter Walls, Shetland ⓘ
orientation NE–SW ⓘ
orogeny Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
partOf Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
Caledonian tectonic structure ⓘ
linked to: British Caledonides

North Atlantic Caledonides ⓘ
region Shetland ⓘ
relatedTo Fair Head–Clew Bay Line ⓘ
Great Glen Fault ⓘ
Highland Boundary Fault ⓘ
separates basement blocks in Shetland ⓘ
different Caledonian terranes ⓘ
studyField structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
tectonicProcess continental collision ⓘ
tectonicRole major Caledonian lineament ⓘ
major terrane-bounding fault ⓘ
tectonicSetting Caledonian belt ⓘ
trend northeast–southwest ⓘ

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Caledonian fault system → hasPart → Walls Boundary Fault ⓘ