Great Glen Fault

E28520

geological fault strike-slip fault

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.

Aliases (1)

Great Glen–Leannan Fault system ×1

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 → Loch Ness →
formsValley	Great Glen →
geologicalAge	Paleozoic →
geologicalSystem	Caledonides of Britain and Ireland →
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 →
separates	Grampian Mountains → Grampian terrane → Northern Highlands terrane → Northwest Highlands →
tectonicSetting	Caledonian orogeny →
visibleAtSurface	yes →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Caledonian fault system → Caledonian fault system ("Great Glen–Leannan Fault system") →	hasPart
Great Glen → Loch Ness →	partOf
Grampian Terrane →	boundedBy
Highland Boundary Fault →	parallelTo