Orlock Bridge Fault is a major
geological fault
In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectonic ...
which extends through
County Armagh,
Northern Ireland and across the
North Channel into
Galloway in southern
Scotland.
[Sheets 1 & 3 with pts of 7 and 4W (Scotland series) ''The Rhins of Galloway'' 1:50,000 scale geological map. British Geological Survey.]
See also
*
List of geological faults in 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 faul ...
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
Geography of County Armagh
Seismic faults of Northern Ireland
Geology of Scotland
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