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Stewart, M.; Strachan, R. A.; Martin, M. W.; Holdsworth, R. E. (2001). "Constraints on early sinistral displacements along the Great Glen Fault Zone, Scotland: structural setting, U-Pb geochronology and emplacement of the syn-tectonic Clunes tonalite".
261:. Some parts of the fault are moving in opposite directions, but the extent of displacement is not agreed on. The displacement could be at least the full length of the exposed fault on mainland Scotland.
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