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The Great Glen Fault is beautifully straight line across Scotland. Once seen it can't really be unseen.
by Oarch 2y ago
The Great Glen Fault is beautifully straight line across Scotland. Once seen it can't really be unseen.
- arethuza 2y agoMy own favourite is the Highland Boundary Fault - the northern edge of the rift valley that is central Scotland: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Boundary_Fault https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Boundary_Fault
- Shrezzing 2y agoI'm not sure if this is concrete fact, or just a theory, but you can continue the line up Norway's western coast too. Then in the other direction, the line was broken, but restarts & progresses from Nova Scotia down through the Appalachians in North America.
- kitd 2y agoIIRC they were all part of the same Pangaian range, and include Greenland east coast and the Atlas mountains.
- jfengel 2y agoI'm gonna be driving along most of Loch Ness early this autumn. Anything in particular I should look out for with respect to the Great Glen Fault? Any less-obvious geologic features?
- arethuza 2y agoNot related to the Great Glen Fault but the Parallel Roads in Glen Roy are fairly close and worth a look: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Roy#The_Parallel_Roads_of_Glen_Roy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Roy#The_Parallel_Roads_of... Edit: Also have a look at the Lochaber Geopark: https://lochabergeopark.org.uk/ https://lochabergeopark.org.uk/
- jfengel 2y agoThanks! I'll keep an eye out.