| 单词 | highland fault |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHighland fault Highland fault n. Geology any geological fault in the Scottish Highlands; spec. (more fully Great Highland fault) = Highland Boundary Fault n. ΚΠ 1889 A. Geikie in Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 35 66 They hold on their way until they reach the highly-inclined beds of sandstone and conglomerate which here lean against the Highland fault in Glen Artney. 1893 Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. 49 354 The grey slate or phyllite, north of the Great Highland Fault. 1921 G. H. Kinnear Kincardineshire 20 Considering first the solid rocks of the county, we find they are of markedly different character on opposite sides of the Highland Fault. 1980 Biogr. Mem. Fellows Royal Soc. 26 285 He then showed the northeast trending Great Glen fault belongs to the same system as several previously recognized much smaller Highland faults. 2003 J. M. Bumsted Canada's Diverse Peoples v. 112 Almost all Scots from north of the Highland fault spoke Gaelic as a first language. < as lemmas |
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