The Ochil Fault is the geological feature which defines the southern face of the Ochil Hills escarpment. North of the fault, Devonian lava flows and pyroclastic deposits slope gently down, thinning towards the north. These are in part overlain by Old Red Sandtone rocks formed later in the Devonian period. Because the deposits thin towards the north, and there are few signs of volcanic necks within the Ochil Hills themselves, it is thought that the eruptive centres were south of the fault, however these are buried deep beneath the carboniferous rocks including coal measures which are found beneath the low-lying carse lands to the south. The Ochil Hills are a range of hills in Scotland north of the Forth valley bordered by the towns of Stirling, Alloa, Kinross and Perth. ... Disambiguation: Devonian is also an adjective relating to the English county of Devon or the people there. ... Look up Lava, ‘A‘a, or Pāhoehoe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Lava is molten rock that a volcano expels during an eruption. ... Pyroclastic rocks are formed from lavas which are ejected into the air, as occur in pyroclastic flows or Plinian eruptions. ... Disambiguation: Devonian is also an adjective relating to the English county of Devon or the people there. ... The Ochil Hills are a range of hills in Scotland north of the Forth valley bordered by the towns of Stirling, Alloa, Kinross and Perth. ... There are various types of faults: In document ISO/CD 10303-226, a fault is defined as an abnormal condition or defect at the component, equipment, or sub-system level which may lead to a failure. ... The Carboniferous is a major division of the geologic timescale that extends from the end of the Devonian period, about 359. ... A coal measure (stratigraphic unit) is the name given to any rock sequence that occurs in the upper part of the Carboniferous System in Europe. ...

To put this in perspective, the prominent hill Dumyat which defines the western extremity of the Ochil Hills has a height of 418 metres. The nearest colliery. Manor Powis, approximately a mile south of the fault, was approximately the same depth, in carse land that is scarcely above sea level, and was mining coal from carboniferous strata at least many hundreds of metres above the top of the Devonian deposits. The Ochil Fault must have been active from the earliest part of the carboniferous era, allowing the marine swamps in which the coal-producing vegetation flourished to be periodically overlain by layers of sand, forming sandstone, or silt, forming shale, in a number of cyclic subsidences. These occurred in the form of basins, and the pattern of movements was complex, however it is known that the greatest vertical movement was centred about 1km east of the town of Alva, and almost certainly exceeded 5km vertically. The deepest deposits of coal measures are obviously found in this region, but surprisingly this has not been mined, probably due to the great depth involved. Dumyat, the hill at the western extremity of the Ochil Hills. ... The Ochil Hills are a range of hills in Scotland north of the Forth valley bordered by the towns of Stirling, Alloa, Kinross and Perth. ... Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ... The Carboniferous is a major division of the geologic timescale that extends from the end of the Devonian period, about 359. ... Disambiguation: Devonian is also an adjective relating to the English county of Devon or the people there. ... The Carboniferous is a major division of the geologic timescale that extends from the end of the Devonian period, about 359. ... A coal measure (stratigraphic unit) is the name given to any rock sequence that occurs in the upper part of the Carboniferous System in Europe. ...

The point of maximum downwards movement south of the fault lies just south of the Silver Glen, which happens to be the part of the Ochil Hills where the greatest extent of mineralisation has been discovered. The minerals, including ores of silver and cobalt, were probably emplaced by hydrothermal solutions percolating upwards through various minor faults and fractures, in the Tertiary period. General Name, Symbol, Number silver, Ag, 47 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 5, d Appearance lustrous white metal Atomic mass 107. ... This article is on the chemical element. ... The Tertiary period was previously one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, from the end of the Cretaceous period about 65. ...

The Ochil Fault remained active throughout geological time, and some later movements allowed intrusive eruptions of diorite or quartz-dolerite to rise at various places along its length. One such intrusion was until recently quarried for roadstone at Tillicoultry. Pluton redirects here. ... Categories: Mineral stubs | Igneous rocks ... Tillicoultry (Tullich Cul Tir in Scots Gaelic - At the foot of the hills) is a small town (Population 5264 in 2001) in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. ...

Modern movements of the fault are very minor but occasionally give rise to discernible earthquakes, particularly in the village of Menstrie, and the town of Tillicoultry. However the latter may be easily confused with the collapse of old room and pillar coal mine workings which undoubtedly underlie the southern part of the town. Menstrie is a village in the region of Clackmannanshire. ... Tillicoultry (Tullich Cul Tir in Scots Gaelic - At the foot of the hills) is a small town (Population 5264 in 2001) in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. ...

The Ochil Fault is considered by many to be the finest example of a fault line in the country, and can be best appreciated from vantage points such as the Wallace Monument near Stirling. Old fault exposed by roadcut near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ... The Wallace Monument Wallaces sword The Wallace National Monument was opened in 1869, in memory of William Wallace, the 13th century Scottish folk hero. ... Stirling (Sruighlea in Gaelic) is a city in Central Scotland, in the district of Stirling. ...