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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Glen Fault canonical | 10 |
| Great Glen Fault zone | 2 |
| Great Glen Fault system | 1 |
| Great Glen fault zone | 1 |
| Great Glen fault zone (geographical setting) | 1 |
| Great Glen geological system | 1 |
| Great Glen–Leannan Fault system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T215506 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Great Glen Fault Context triple: [Highland Boundary Fault, parallelTo, Great Glen Fault]
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A.
Highland Boundary Fault
The Highland Boundary Fault is a major geological fault line in Scotland that marks the boundary between the Highlands and the Central Lowlands, separating distinct rock formations and landscapes.
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B.
Southern Uplands Fault
The Southern Uplands Fault is a major geological fault line in Scotland that marks the boundary between the Central Lowlands and the Southern Uplands, playing a key role in the region’s tectonic and landscape history.
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C.
San Andreas Fault
The San Andreas Fault is a major tectonic boundary in California where the Pacific and North American plates meet, notorious for generating powerful earthquakes.
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D.
Romanche Fracture Zone
The Romanche Fracture Zone is a major transform fault and deep-sea fracture zone in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean that offsets the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and hosts one of the deepest points in the Atlantic basin.
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E.
Liverpool Range
The Liverpool Range is a rugged mountain range in New South Wales, Australia, forming part of the inland-dividing highlands that influence regional climate and river systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Great Glen Fault Target entity description: 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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A.
Highland Boundary Fault
The Highland Boundary Fault is a major geological fault line in Scotland that marks the boundary between the Highlands and the Central Lowlands, separating distinct rock formations and landscapes.
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B.
Southern Uplands Fault
The Southern Uplands Fault is a major geological fault line in Scotland that marks the boundary between the Central Lowlands and the Southern Uplands, playing a key role in the region’s tectonic and landscape history.
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C.
San Andreas Fault
The San Andreas Fault is a major tectonic boundary in California where the Pacific and North American plates meet, notorious for generating powerful earthquakes.
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D.
Romanche Fracture Zone
The Romanche Fracture Zone is a major transform fault and deep-sea fracture zone in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean that offsets the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and hosts one of the deepest points in the Atlantic basin.
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E.
Liverpool Range
The Liverpool Range is a rugged mountain range in New South Wales, Australia, forming part of the inland-dividing highlands that influence regional climate and river systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
ⓘ
surface form:
Great Glen valley
Loch Ness ⓘ |
| formsValley | Great Glen ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Paleozoic ⓘ |
| geologicalSystem |
Caledonian orogeny
ⓘ
surface form:
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 Supergroup ⓘ
surface form:
Moine Thrust Belt
|
| separates |
Scottish Highlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Grampian Mountains
Grampian Terrane ⓘ
surface form:
Grampian terrane
Grampian Terrane ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Highlands terrane
Scottish Highlands ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Highlands
|
| tectonicSetting | Caledonian orogeny ⓘ |
| visibleAtSurface | yes ⓘ |
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Subject: Great Glen Fault Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (17)
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