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List of geological faults of Wales

Index List of geological faults of Wales

This is a list of the named geological faults affecting the rocks of Wales. [1]

32 relations: Aber Dinlle Fault, Bala Fault, Beddgelert Fault, Benton Fault, Berw Fault, Bristol Channel Fault Zone, British Geological Survey, Bronnant Fault, Bryneglwys Fault, Carmel Head Thrust, Carreg Cennen Disturbance, Ceibwr Bay Fault, Claerwen Fault, County, Cribarth Disturbance, Cwm Llwyd Fault, Cwm Pennant Fault, Disturbance (geology), Fault (geology), Fold (geology), Geological structure of Great Britain, List of geological faults of England, List of geological faults of Northern Ireland, List of geological faults of Scotland, List of geological folds in Great Britain, Menai Strait, Neath Disturbance, Shell Island (Wales), South Wales, Vale of Clwyd, Wales, Welsh Borderland Fault System.

Aber Dinlle Fault

The Aber Dinlle Fault is a SW-NE trending fault in North Wales.

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Bala Fault

The Bala Fault is a SW-NE trending geological fault in Wales that extends offshore into Cardigan Bay.

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Beddgelert Fault

Beddgelert Fault is a SW-NE trending volcanotectonic fault in North Wales that formed part of a graben system within the collapsed Snowdon caldera structure.

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Benton Fault

The Benton Fault is a geological fault in southern Pembrokeshire in Wales that was active as a normal fault during the deposition of the Old Red Sandstone during the Devonian period, forming a thick half graben.

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Berw Fault

The Berw Fault is a SW-NE trending fault in North Wales.

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Bristol Channel Fault Zone

The Bristol Channel Fault Zone or Central Bristol Channel Fault Zone is a major south-dipping geological fault, or zone of faulting, running approximately west-east in the Bristol Channel between England and Wales.

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British Geological Survey

The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a partly publicly-funded body which aims to advance geoscientific knowledge of the United Kingdom landmass and its continental shelf by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research.

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Bronnant Fault

Bronnant Fault is a geological fault in Wales.

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Bryneglwys Fault

Bryneglwys Fault is a geological fault in Wales.

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Carmel Head Thrust

The Carmel Head Thrust is a geological fault on the northern part of the island of Anglesey in North Wales, where rocks of the Precambrian Mona Complex are thrust over Lower Paleozoic sedimentary rocks.

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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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Ceibwr Bay Fault

The Ceibwr Bay Fault is a WSW-ENE trending fault zone that cuts Ordovician rocks of the Ashgill Nantmel Mudstones Formation and the Caradoc Dinas Island Formation.

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Claerwen Fault

The Claerwen Fault is a major SW-NE trending fault in central Wales.

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County

A county is a geographical region of a country used for administrative or other purposes,Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations.

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Cribarth Disturbance

The Cribarth Disturbance is a geological structure forming a lineament which stretches across south Wales from Swansea up the Swansea Valley then northeastwards to Brecon and beyond.

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Cwm Llwyd Fault

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

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Cwm Pennant Fault

The Cwm Pennant Fault is a SSW-NNE trending normal fault system in North Wales.

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Disturbance (geology)

A disturbance is a linear zone of disturbed rock strata stretching for many miles across country which comprises a combination of folding and faulting.

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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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Fold (geology)

A geological fold occurs when one or a stack of originally flat and planar surfaces, such as sedimentary strata, are bent or curved as a result of permanent deformation.

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Geological structure of Great Britain

The geological structure of Great Britain is complex, resulting as it does from a long and varied geological history spanning more than two billion years.

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List of geological faults of England

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

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List of geological faults of Northern Ireland

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

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List of geological faults of Scotland

This is a list of the named geological faults in Scotland.

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List of geological folds in Great Britain

This is a list of the named geological folds affecting the rocks of Great Britain and the Isle of Man.

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Menai Strait

The Menai Strait (Afon Menai, the "River Menai") is a narrow stretch of shallow tidal water about long, which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales.

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Neath Disturbance

The Neath Disturbance is a geological structure which stretches across south Wales from Swansea Bay northeastwards as far as Hereford in western England.

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Shell Island (Wales)

Shell Island, also known as Mochras, is a peninsula lying west of Llanbedr in Gwynedd, Wales.

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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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Vale of Clwyd

The Vale of Clwyd (Welsh: Dyffryn Clwyd) is a tract of low-lying ground in the county of Denbighshire in northeast Wales.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Welsh Borderland Fault System

The Welsh Borderland Fault System is a zone of faulting and associated folding which runs northeastwards through Wales from Pembrokeshire through Carmarthenshire and Powys into Shropshire in England.

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References

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

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