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Dent Fault

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The Dent Fault is a major fault on the boundary between the counties of Cumbria and North Yorkshire in northern England. [1]

14 relations: Anticline, Askrigg Block, Brough, Cumbria, Craven Fault System, Cumbria, Dent, Cumbria, Dentdale, England, Fault (geology), Kirkby Lonsdale, North Yorkshire, Pennine Fault System, Syncline, Yorkshire Dales.

Anticline

In structural geology, an anticline is a type of fold that is an arch-like shape and has its oldest beds at its core.

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Askrigg Block

The Askrigg Block is the name applied by geologists to the crustal block forming a part of the Pennines of northern England and which is essentially coincident with the Yorkshire Dales.

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Brough, Cumbria

Brough, sometimes known as Brough under Stainmore, is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England, on the western fringe of the Pennines near Stainmore.

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Craven Fault System

The Craven Fault System is the name applied by geologists to the group of crustal faults in the Pennines that form the southern edge of the Askrigg Block and which partly bounds the Craven Basin.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England.

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Dent, Cumbria

Dent is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England.

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Dentdale

Dentdale is a dale or valley in the north-west of the Yorkshire Dales National Park in Cumbria (historically in Yorkshire), England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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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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Kirkby Lonsdale

Kirkby Lonsdale is a small town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, on the River Lune.

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North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county (or shire county) and larger ceremonial county in England.

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Pennine Fault System

The Pennine Fault System is a NW-SE trending zone of faulting that forms the southwestern boundary to the Pennines in Cumbria.

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Syncline

In structural geology, a syncline is a fold with younger layers closer to the center of the structure.

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Yorkshire Dales

The Yorkshire Dales is an upland area of the Pennines in Northern England in the historic county of Yorkshire, most of it in the Yorkshire Dales National Park created in 1954.

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References

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

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