Abstract
Loch Lomond is unusual in its geographical position and relationship to underlying geological structures. To the north-west of the Highland Boundary Fault the bedrock is composed mainly of the Dalradian Supergroup, a sequence of regionally metamorphosed Late Precambrian marine sediments. Immediately to the south-east of the Highland Boundary Fault the Highland Bonder Complex includes fragments and slices of ophiolitic origin and sediments with a range of Ordovician ages. The Dalradians may have originated in a remote location on the northern margin of Gondwanaland. To the south-east of the Highland Border the bedrock lies within the Midland Valley of Scotland and consists entirely of Upper Palaeozoic rocks of Devonian and Carboniferous age. The nature of the bedrock has an influence on the environment of Loch Lomond with respect to slope stabilities and water quality.
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MacDonald, J.G. (1994). Geology of the Loch Lomond catchment. In: Murphy, K.J., Beveridge, M.C.M., Tippett, R. (eds) The Ecology of Loch Lomond. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 101. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0758-7_2
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