Natural landmarks · Scottish Islands
Hebridean Terrane
In or near Uig.
Hebridean Terrane in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Dog-friendly
About
Hebridean Terrane is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Hebridean terrane is one of the terranes that form part of the Caledonian orogenic belt in northwest Scotland. Its boundary with the neighbouring Northern Highland terrane is formed by the Moine Thrust Belt. The basement is formed by Archaean and Paleoproterozoic gneisses of the Lewisian complex, unconformably overlain by the Neoproterozoic Torridonian sediments, which in turn are unconformably overlain by a sequence of Cambro–Ordovician sediments. It formed part of the Laurentian foreland during the Caledonian continental collision.
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Background
History
The earliest event recorded in the terrane is the intrusion of the protoliths to the Scourian gneisses at about 3.0 2.7 Ga. Blocks within the Lewisian complex were then juxtaposed by Inverian and Laxfordian deformation from about 2.4 1.7 Ga. At about 1200 Ma, the terrane was affected by extensional tectonics causing rifting and the deposition of the thick coarse clastic sequence of the Torridonian. This was interrupted by a tilting event of unknown origin that caused a hiatus of about 200 Ma, followed by further deposition. At the start of the Cambrian, there was a marine transgression and deposition of shallow marine sandstone and carbonates continuing into the Ordovician. In the Silurian…
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- Coordinates
- 57.6600, -6.3100
- District
- Highland
- Postcode
- IV51 9UJ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Sources
- wikidata: Q5695958 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Hebridean terrane (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Hebridean Terrane?
- Hebridean Terrane is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode IV51 9UJ).
- What is Hebridean Terrane?
- Hebridean Terrane in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Hebridean Terrane?
- Drivers can use postcode IV51 9UJ.
- How do I get to Hebridean Terrane?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode IV51 9UJ. It sits within the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire parliamentary constituency.