Moine Thrust Belt

E161857

The Moine Thrust Belt is a major geological structure in northwest Scotland where ancient rocks were pushed westward over younger rocks, forming one of the world’s classic examples of a thrust fault zone.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological structure ⓘ
tectonic feature ⓘ
thrust belt ⓘ
ageRange Paleozoic ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deformationFeatures fault gouge ⓘ
fold–thrust relationships ⓘ
mylonites ⓘ
deformationType compressional tectonics ⓘ
displacementStyle thin-skinned thrusting ⓘ
exposedAt Assynt ⓘ
Durness area ⓘ
Knockan Crag ⓘ
Loch Eriboll ⓘ
extendsFrom Loch Eriboll ⓘ
extendsTo Loch Carron area ⓘ
Skye ⓘ
hasFeature Ben More Thrust ⓘ
Moine Thrust ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt

Sgurr Beag Thrust ⓘ
hasStatus internationally important geological site ⓘ
lithologyInvolved limestones ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sandstones ⓘ
shales ⓘ
locatedIn Scottish Highlands ⓘ
northwest Scotland ⓘ
mainDeformationAge Silurian ⓘ
mappingPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
maximumHorizontalDisplacement tens of kilometres ⓘ
movementDirection westward ⓘ
olderRockUnit Moine Supergroup ⓘ
orogeny Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
partOf Caledonian orogenic belt ⓘ
linked to: British Caledonides
significance classic example of a thrust fault zone ⓘ
key area in the development of modern structural geology ⓘ
structuralStyle duplex structures ⓘ
stack of imbricate thrust sheets ⓘ
studiedBy Ben Peach ⓘ
Geological Survey of Great Britain ⓘ
John Horne ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate margin ⓘ
usedFor field training for geologists ⓘ
teaching structural geology ⓘ
youngerRocksOverriddenBy older rocks ⓘ
youngerRockUnit Cambrian sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Lewisian Gneiss Complex basement overlain by sediments ⓘ
Ordovician sedimentary rocks ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caledonian fault system → hasPart → Moine Thrust Belt ⓘ
Moine Supergroup → separatedFrom → Lewisian Gneiss Complex by the Moine Thrust ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt
Moine Supergroup → boundedByStructure → Moine Thrust Belt ⓘ
Appin Group → tectonicSetting → Dalradian Basin ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt
Moine Thrust Belt → hasFeature → Moine Thrust ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt
British Caledonides → boundedBy → Moine Thrust Belt ⓘ
Ben More Thrust → partOf → Moine Thrust Belt ⓘ
Ben More Thrust → partOf → Moine Thrust Zone ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt
Ben Peach → studied → Moine Thrust Belt ⓘ
Knockan Crag → hasGeologicalFeature → Moine Thrust ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt
John Horne → hasNotableRegionOfStudy → Scottish Highlands thrust belt ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt
Assynt-Coigach National Scenic Area → geology → Moine Thrust Belt ⓘ
North West Highlands Geopark → knownFor → Moine Thrust Belt ⓘ
North West Highlands Geopark → contains → Moine Thrust ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt
Inchnadamph → geology → Moine Thrust Belt ⓘ
Inchnadamph → hasNearby → Moine Thrust ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt
Loch Eriboll → hasGeologicalFeature → Moine Thrust Belt exposures ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt
Caledonian foreland basins → boundedBy → Caledonian thrust front ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt
Loch Assynt → geologyContext → Moine Thrust Belt ⓘ