Great Glenn Flashcards
1
Q
How does the Great Glenn dissect Scotland?
A
The Great glen fault dissects Scotland in a roughly SW-NE direction.
2
Q
Where does the Great Glenn run from?
A
It runs from Fort William in the south to the Moray Firth in the north.
3
Q
What was the Great Glenn caused by?
A
The fault was caused by horizontal movement and is a strike-slip fault (BGS website).
4
Q
How has the Great Glenn been eroded?
A
It has created a line of weakness that has been subsequently eroded by glaciers to create a distinctive landscape of a long valley with several lakes, including Loch Ness.
5
Q
What is a fault?
A
Faults occur when tectonic forces fracture rocks.
The rocks ‘break’ along a fault line and allows movement.
The result is a discontinuity in the rock strata.
