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Cwm Llwyd Fault

Index Cwm Llwyd Fault

The Cwm Llwyd Fault is a fault in the west of the Black Mountain of South Wales. [1]

10 relations: Black Mountain (range), Brynamman, Carreg Cennen Disturbance, Fault (geology), List of geological faults of Wales, Namurian, Outlier, Pull-apart basin, South Wales, Variscan orogeny.

Black Mountain (range)

The Black Mountain (Y Mynydd Du) is a mountain range in South and West Wales, straddling the county boundary between Carmarthenshire and Brecknockshire (the latter currently administered as part of the unitary authority of Powys) and forming the westernmost range of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Brynamman

Brynamman (Brynaman) is a village on the south side of the Black Mountain (Y Mynydd Du), part of the Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog).

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Carreg Cennen Disturbance

The Carreg Cennen Disturbance is a zone of geological faults and folds in south and mid Wales which forms a part of both the Church Stretton Fault Zone and the Welsh Borderland Fault System.

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Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movement.

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List of geological faults of Wales

This is a list of the named geological faults affecting the rocks of Wales.

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Namurian

The Namurian is a stage in the regional stratigraphy of northwest Europe with an age between roughly 326 and 313 Ma (million years ago).

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Outlier

In statistics, an outlier is an observation point that is distant from other observations.

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Pull-apart basin

In geology, a basin is a region where subsidence generates accommodation space for the deposition of sediments.

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South Wales

South Wales (De Cymru) is the region of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west.

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Variscan orogeny

The Variscan or Hercynian orogeny is a geologic mountain-building event caused by Late Paleozoic continental collision between Euramerica (Laurussia) and Gondwana to form the supercontinent of Pangaea.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cwm_Llwyd_Fault

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