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A possible large-scale sinistral displacement along the Great Glen Fault in Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

K. M. Storetvedt
K. M. Storetvedt
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Sub-department of GeophysicsOliver Lodge LaboratoryUniversity of Liverpool
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Summary

Comparison of Old Red Sandstone palaeomagnetism for NW Scotland and Norway lead to the hypothesis of a 200–300 km sinistral movement along the Great Glen Fault. The displacement is thought to be of late Caledonian (late Devonian) age. The new palaeogeographic reconstruction of Northern Britain (prior to late Caledonian times) seems to have interesting geological implications.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 111 , Issue 1 , January 1974 , pp. 23 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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