Omagh Fault is a geological fault in
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retai ...
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
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See also
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List of geological faults in Northern Ireland
This is a list of the named geological faults affecting the rocks of Northern Ireland.
Terminology
See the main article on faults for a fuller treatment of fault types and nomenclature but in brief, the main types are normal faults, reverse faul ...
References
* Map sheet 44 (and accompanying memoir) of the series of 1:50,000 scale geological maps of Northern Ireland published by Geological Survey of Northern Ireland.
* Lyle, P. 2003 Classic geology in Europe 5 ''The north of Ireland'' Terra Publishing, Harpenden
Geography of County Tyrone
Seismic faults of Northern Ireland
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