Great Glen Fault

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The Great Glen Fault is a major geological fault line running southwest–northeast across Scotland, famously aligned with the Great Glen valley and Loch Ness.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological fault
strike-slip fault
associatedFeature Loch Linnhe
Loch Lochy
Loch Ness
Loch Oich
continent Europe
country Scotland
United Kingdom
crosses Loch Linnhe
Loch Lochy
Loch Ness
Loch Oich
currentActivity largely inactive
displacement tens of kilometres of lateral offset
dominantSlipSense sinistral
extendsFrom near Fort William
extendsTo Inverness area
follows Great Glen valley
linked to: Great Glen

Loch Ness
formsValley Great Glen
geologicalAge Paleozoic
geologicalSystem Caledonides of Britain and Ireland
linked to: Caledonian orogeny
hasNameOrigin named after the Great Glen valley
hasRockUnits igneous intrusions
metamorphic rocks
hazardLevel low seismicity
influences topography of the Great Glen
length approximately 400 km
locatedIn Great Glen
majorActivityPeriod Carboniferous
Devonian
mapRepresentation linear southwest–northeast lineament across northern Scotland
movementType strike-slip
orientation southwest–northeast
partOf Caledonian orogeny structures
passesNear Fort William
passesThrough Inverness
region Scottish Highlands
relatedTo Highland Boundary Fault
Moine Thrust Belt
linked to: Moine Supergroup
separates Grampian Mountains
linked to: Scottish Highlands

Grampian terrane
linked to: Grampian Terrane

Northern Highlands terrane
linked to: Grampian Terrane

Northwest Highlands
linked to: Scottish Highlands
tectonicSetting Caledonian orogeny
visibleAtSurface yes

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

Highland Boundary Fault parallelTo Great Glen Fault
Grampian Terrane boundedBy Great Glen Fault
Caledonian fault system hasPart Great Glen Fault
Caledonian fault system hasPart Great Glen–Leannan Fault system
linked to: Great Glen Fault
Great Glen partOf Great Glen Fault
Loch Ness partOf Great Glen Fault
Walls Boundary Fault relatedTo Great Glen Fault
Glen Albyn partOf Great Glen Fault zone
linked to: Great Glen Fault
Loch Lochy locatedOnWaterway Great Glen Fault
Loch Oich isPartOf Great Glen fault zone (geographical setting)
linked to: Great Glen Fault
Great Glen Way follows Great Glen Fault
Loch Linnhe followsGeologicalFeature Great Glen Fault
Loch Linnhe partOf Great Glen geological system
linked to: Great Glen Fault
River Ness locatedOn Great Glen fault zone
linked to: Great Glen Fault
River Oich geologicalSetting Great Glen Fault zone
linked to: Great Glen Fault
Glen More geologicalFeature Great Glen Fault
Glen More partOf Great Glen Fault system
linked to: Great Glen Fault