Ben More Thrust

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Ben More Thrust is a major geological thrust fault within the Moine Thrust Belt in northwest Scotland, notable for exposing classic examples of older rocks pushed over younger strata.

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Ben More Thrust canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological thrust fault ⓘ
thrust fault ⓘ
age Paleozoic ⓘ
belongsTo Northwest Highlands structural geology ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
deformationPhase late Caledonian ⓘ
dip low-angle to the southeast ⓘ
displacementType low-angle reverse faulting ⓘ
documentedIn Scottish geological literature ⓘ
exposes older rocks over younger strata ⓘ
exposureQuality well exposed ⓘ
formedDuring Ordovician–Silurian deformation ⓘ
Silurian period ⓘ
linked to: Silurian
geologicalProvince Caledonian orogen ⓘ
linked to: Caledonian orogeny
hasFeature fault-related folding ⓘ
imbricate thrust slices ⓘ
mylonites ⓘ
shear zones ⓘ
lithologyInFootwall Cambrian sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Lewisian gneiss ⓘ
lithologyInHangingWall Moine Supergroup rocks ⓘ
locatedIn Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
northwest Scotland ⓘ
mapSymbol thrust fault symbol on geological maps of Assynt area ⓘ
movementType compressional ⓘ
near Assynt region ⓘ
linked to: Assynt

Ben More Assynt ⓘ
notableFor classic exposure of older rocks thrust over younger rocks ⓘ
orientation generally northeast–southwest trending ⓘ
orogeny Caledonian orogeny ⓘ
overlies younger sedimentary strata ⓘ
overthrusts Cambrian quartzites ⓘ
Lewisian basement ⓘ
partOf Moine Thrust Belt ⓘ
Moine Thrust Zone ⓘ
linked to: Moine Thrust Belt
significance classic example of foreland thrusting ⓘ
key field site for structural geology ⓘ
structuralStyle thin-skinned tectonics ⓘ
studiedBy geologists ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate margin ⓘ
usedFor teaching thrust tectonics ⓘ

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Moine Thrust Belt → hasFeature → Ben More Thrust ⓘ