Ever wondered why faults often cross each other - this is predicted by Anderson’s model together with 3 types of faults; normal, reverse & strike-slip. Some examples are given here from Morayshire.

This outcrop of sandstone from the Triassic period (225 - 190 Ma) forms part of Burghead harbour wall and a few minutes walk from the car park next to the pictish fort visitor centre.

A short hop from the road at Cowie Shore on the Isle of Arran, these easily accessible sandstone outcrops of Permian age are host to spectacular networks of deformation bands.

What a fascinating history there is here at Boddin Point, Montrose, Scotland. In the 18th C an entrepreneur took advantage of the limestone outcrops here to site a limeworks to be able to extract lime for use on fields to boost crop yield.