Fair Head–Clew Bay Line

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The Fair Head–Clew Bay Line is a major geological lineament in Ireland that marks a significant structural and tectonic boundary within the island’s bedrock.

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Fair Head–Clew Bay Line canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological lineament ⓘ
structural boundary ⓘ
tectonic lineament ⓘ
associatedWith Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
major fault systems in Ireland ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
crosses County Antrim ⓘ
County Mayo ⓘ
extendsFrom Fair Head ⓘ
extendsTo Clew Bay ⓘ
geologicalPeriodContext Palaeozoic ⓘ
locatedIn island of Ireland ⓘ
marks significant structural boundary in Ireland’s bedrock ⓘ
significant tectonic boundary in Ireland’s bedrock ⓘ
namedAfter Clew Bay ⓘ
Fair Head ⓘ
orientation northeast–southwest ⓘ
region northwest Ireland ⓘ
west Ireland ⓘ
relevance important for understanding Irish bedrock evolution ⓘ
used in regional geological mapping of Ireland ⓘ
separates contrasting geological terranes in Ireland ⓘ
different structural blocks of Irish bedrock ⓘ
significance controls regional geological structure in western and northern Ireland ⓘ
major tectonic boundary within Ireland ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline structural geology ⓘ
tectonics ⓘ
typeOfBoundary tectono-stratigraphic boundary ⓘ

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Walls Boundary Fault → relatedTo → Fair Head–Clew Bay Line ⓘ