(a) Unmodified satellite image of the Central Series (source: Esri, DigitalGlobe). (b) The same satellite image, but with marked lineaments (yellow lines) assumed to dominantly represent faults. Inset shows bi-directional rose plot (areal scaling, interval size = 10) of Central Series faults detected in the field and determined by remote sensing. Three main groups of faults are identified: (1) NW–SE, (2) NNE–SSW, and (3) NE–SW, with the first being the most dominant one. (c) Sketch map of the northern part of the Central Series (modified after Emeleus, 2004), documenting ∼750 m of right-lateral offset on the Long Loch Fault. (d) Reconstruction of key units within the Central Series through removal of the 750 m of post-magmatic right-lateral displacement. Many of the units and structures of the Central Series seem to link up across the Long Loch Fault when post-magmatic fault movement is removed. In fact, fault splays on either side of the Long Loch Fault mirror each other. Also, we note that ‘pebbly’ peridotite crops out exclusively along the strike of the Long Loch Fault (see text for details).
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