Tectonic sliding within the Moinian Loch Eil Division near Kinlocheil, W. Inverness-shire

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Synopsis: Recent mapping within the Moinian Loch Eil Division of West Inverness-shire has resulted in the erection of a lithostratigraphic succession for the Kinlocheil area which has been subdivided into psammitic, quartzitic and semi-pelitic formations. A series of tectonic slides have been identified within the lower stratigraphic levels of the Loch Eil Division. These slides formed at an early stage in the structural history of the Loch Eil Division, preceding major folding during the Grampian event. Sliding in the Na-h-Uamachan-Gulvain area, north of Loch Eil, has resulted in the interleaving of Glenfinnan and Loch Eil Division rocks. Structural considerations indicate that the stratigraphic level at which sliding occurred was probably controlled by an early-formed “steep belt” within a broadly sub-horizontal succession. Within this structure “older” rocks have been thrust over “younger” and vice versa during westerly-directed movement along slides.

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