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1. www.geolsoc.org.uk › Great-Glen-FaultThe Geological Society of London - The Great Glen Fault, Scotland

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   The Great Glen hosts the most prominent fault in the British Isles, the Great Glen Fault. It originated towards the end of the Caledonian Orogeny (around 430-390 million years ago), and cuts diagonally across the Highlands from Fort William to Inverness.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Great_Glen_FaultGreat Glen Fault - Wikipedia

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   Map of the Great Glen Fault and other late Caledonian strike-slip faults in Scotland and northwestern Ireland. The Great Glen Fault is a strike-slip fault that runs through the Great Glen in Scotland. Occasional moderate tremors have been recorded over the past 150 years.

4. www.historicmysteries.com › great-glen-fault › 38891The Great Glen Fault: The Faultline all the way through Scotland

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   Jan 20, 2024 · The Great Glen Fault is a significant geological feature that covers the Southwest to the Northeast across the Scottish Mainland running from Fort William to Inverness, in an almost straight line.

5. www.bbc.com › news › uk-scotland-highlands-islandsWhere and why earthquakes occur in Scotland - BBC

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   Nov 16, 2021 · In the Highlands, one of the most active areas, seismic activity is related to what are known as the Highland Boundary Fault Zone, Great Glen Fault Zone, Strathconon Fault, Kinlochhourn...

6. www.emgs.org.uk › Mercian › Mercian - Individual papersThe long and moving story of the Great Glen Fault - EMGS

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   The Great Glen Fault is a major geological feature that traverses southwest to northeast across the Scottish mainland from Fort William to Inverness.

7. www.lyellcollection.org › doi › 10How great is the Great Glen Fault? | Journal of the ...

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   The Great Glen Fault: the swinging pendulum of displacement estimates. The striking geomorphological aspect of the Great Glen of Scotland is its ruler-straight NE–SW trend for 200 km defined by a relatively narrow, steep-sided valley with hundreds of metres of relief.

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   Where did the Great Glen Fault originate?

   • The Great Glen hosts the most prominent fault in the British Isles, the Great Glen Fault. It originated towards the end of the Caledonian Orogeny (around 430-390 million years ago), and cuts diagonally across the Highlands from Fort William to Inverness.

   The Geological Society of London - The Great Glen Fault, Scotland

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   What is the difference between Great Glen and Highland Boundary Fault?

   • The Great Glen Fault forms the dramatic gash of the Great Glen. The Highland Boundary Fault marks the distinctive change from Lowland to Highland scenery. Five foundation blocks came together from hundreds of kilometres apart to form Scotland. Today, you can see the four major faults where the blocks met.

   Scotland’s geological foundations - NatureScot

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   Can you see the Great Glen Faultline from space?

   • Regardless of the truth of the matter, the Great Glen Faultline is one of the major Faults that crosses Scotland and is so large that it is visible from space. And with so little still understood about it, who knows what it will do next. Top Image: The Great Glen Fault can easily be seen from space, marked by a line of deep lochs.

   The Great Glen Fault: The Faultline all the way through Scotland

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   Is there seismic activity along the Great Glen Fault?

   • There has been present-day seismic activity along the Great Glen Fault as recently as 2021. There has been approximately a dozen recorded earthquakes since the largest one identified in Scotland which reached a magnitude of 5.1 near Inverness in 1816.

   The Great Glen Fault: The Faultline all the way through Scotland

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   Is there a sinistral displacement along the Great Glen Fault Zone?

   • Constraints on early sinistral displacements along the Great Glen fault zone, Scotland: structural setting, U-Pb geochronology and emplacement of the syn-tectonic Clunes tonalite. J. Geol. Soc., 158, 821-830. Storetvedt K.M., 1974. A possible large-scale sinistral displacement along the Great Glen fault in Scotland. Geol. Mag., 111, 23-30.

   The long and moving story of the Great Glen Fault - EMGS

   www.emgs.org.uk/Mercian/Mercian - Individual papers/Mercian Geologist volume 19 2016-2019/Mercian 2019 v19 p216 Moving story of the Great Glen Fault Allen.pdf

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   Why is the Great Glen a major fault zone?

   • The Great Glen has been recognized as a major fault zone for well over a century, but it was not until the work of William Kennedy in the 1930s (published in 1946) that its significance was recognized. Kennedy showed that the fault had moved sideways – as a so-called strike-slip (or wrench) fault.

   The Geological Society of London - The Great Glen Fault, Scotland

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9. www.nature.scot › landforms-and-geology › scotlandsScotland’s geological foundations - NatureScot

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   Of these geological boundaries, the Great Glen Fault and Highland Boundary Fault are the most distinctive landscape features. The Great Glen Fault forms the dramatic gash of the Great Glen. The Highland Boundary Fault marks the distinctive change from Lowland to Highland scenery.