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List of geological faults of England

Index List of geological faults of England

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

23 relations: Aire Valley Fault, Bristol Channel Fault Zone, British Geological Survey, Causey Pike Fault, Cornwall, County, Craven Fault System, Denholme Clough Fault, Dent Fault, Disturbance (geology), England, Fault (geology), Fold (geology), Geological structure of Great Britain, List of geological faults of Northern Ireland, List of geological faults of Scotland, List of geological faults of Wales, List of geological folds in Great Britain, Outer Silver Pit, Pendleton Fault, Pennine Fault System, Welsh Borderland Fault System, Wem-Bridgemere-Red Rock Fault System.

Aire Valley Fault

The Aire Valley Fault (also known as the Keighley Fault) is an inactive strike slip fault in Yorkshire, England.

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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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Causey Pike Fault

The Causey Pike Fault or Causey Pike Thrust is a major WSW-ENE trending fault within the Lower Paleozoic rocks of the English Lake District.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom.

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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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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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Denholme Clough Fault

The Denholme Clough Fault is a small fault located in Denholme, England.

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Dent Fault

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

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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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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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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 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 faults of Wales

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

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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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Outer Silver Pit

The Outer Silver Pit is a west-to-east valley in the bed of the North Sea.

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Pendleton Fault

The Pendleton Fault, sometimes called the Irwell Valley Fault, stretches for about from Bolton in Greater Manchester along the Irwell Valley through Pendleton to Poynton in Cheshire, running northwest–southeast.

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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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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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Wem-Bridgemere-Red Rock Fault System

The Wem-Bridgemere-Red Rock Fault System is a complex zone of intersecting faults which defines the eastern boundary of the Cheshire Basin, a deep sedimentary basin in the northwest of England and extending south into the northern Midlands.

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References

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

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