List of geological faults of Northern Ireland
This is a list of the named geological faults affecting the rocks of Northern Ireland.
Terminology[]
See the main article on faults for a fuller treatment of fault types and nomenclature but in brief, the main types are normal faults, reverse faults, thrusts or thrust faults and strike-slip faults.
Key to table[]
- Column 1 indicates the name of the fault. Note that different authors may deploy different names for one and the same feature, or a part of a feature. Conversely the same name may be applied to two different features, particularly in the case of smaller faults with a wide geographic separation.
- Column 2 indicates the county in which the fault occurs. Some traverse two or more counties of course.
- Column 3 indicates the Irish grid reference for the approximate midpoint of the fault (as mapped). Note that the mapped extent of a fault may not correspond to its actual extent.
- Column 4 indicates on which sheet of the 's 1:50,000 scale geological map series of Northern Ireland, the fault is shown and named (either on map/s or cross-section/s or both). Some of the faults are also depicted on the 1:250,000 scale geological map of Northern Ireland.[1]
- Column 5 indicates a selection of publications in which references to the fault may be found. See references section for full details of publication.
Tabulated list of faults[]
Fault name | County | grid ref | GSNI map sheet | book reference/s |
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NIr 57/58 | ||||
Ballytober Fault | Antrim | D3304 | ||
Belcoo Fault | Fermanagh | G1842 | NIr 44 | Mem NI 44 |
Camlough Fault | Armagh | J0621 | ||
Carnlough Fault | Antrim | D2508 | ||
Clogher Valley Fault | Fermanagh | G4545 | ||
Elagh Fault | Tyrone | H8573 | ||
Great Gaw Fault | Antrim | Lyle P. 2003 (p170,177) | ||
Killadeas - Seskinore Fault | Fermanagh, Tyrone | G4161 | ||
Kinnegoe Fault | Armagh | H0459 | ||
Laghy Fault | Tyrone | H0984 | ||
Newry Fault | Armagh, Down | J0829 | ||
Omagh Fault | Tyrone | Lyle P. 2003 (p117,124,125) | ||
Omagh Thrust | Tyrone | G4573 | ||
Orlock Bridge Fault | Armagh, Down | J5079 | Lyle P. 2003 (p41,42) | |
Pettigoe Fault | Tyrone | H2080 | ||
Sixmilewater Fault | Antrim | J3091 | ||
Tempo - Sixmilecross Fault | Fermanagh | H3547 | ||
Tow Valley Fault | Antrim, Londonderry | C9524 | Lyle P. 2003 (p63,65,177,179) |
References[]
- Map sheet 44 (and accompanying memoir) of the series of 1:50,000 scale geological maps of Northern Ireland published by Geological Survey of Northern Ireland.
- Lyle, P. 2003 Classic geology in Europe 5 The north of Ireland Terra Publishing, Harpenden
- ^ Geological Survey of Northern Ireland 1997 Northern Ireland. Solid Geology (2nd edn) 1:250,000 (Keyworth, Nottingham; British Geological Survey).
See also[]
Categories:
- Geology of Northern Ireland
- Structural geology
- Seismic faults of the United Kingdom
- United Kingdom geology-related lists
- Northern Ireland geography-related lists