GAIRLOCH SUPRACRUSTAL GROUP

Folding observed in these units is restricted to a small area of folds in the Garbh amphibolite and minor parasitic folds observed in the Achlais amphibolite and the Torr schists.

The folding observed in the Garbh amphibolite is restricted to a small area on the Druim nan Uamh ridge around Location 111 (NGR 81957742) by a Southwest - Northeast trending fault. Two minor synforms and two minor antiforms are observed to have north - south trending hinge lines. No parasitic folds are observed to be associated with these minor folds in the Garbh amphibolite.

Minor parasitic folds are observed in the Achlais amphibolite and in the Torr schists with a sense of vergence to the north east and Southwest respectively. However they are relatively unimportant structures and are not believed to be related to a major structure. Park (in the regional guide to Northwest highlands) has shown the Garbh amphibolite and the Achlais amphibolite to be the limbs of an isoclinal fold with the Luibean semipelitic schist lying in the core of the fold.

If the poles to foliation of the supracrustal’s are plotted on a stereonet (figure 9) ( figure 10) (figure 11) (figure 12) and are compared with the stereonet of the poles to foliation in the Tollie gneiss, they are observed to be related to the stress regime which formed the D4 Tollie Antiform.

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