Aire Valley Fault Explained

The Aire Valley Fault (also known as the Keighley Fault) is an inactive strike slip fault in Yorkshire, England. It is considered a northwestern continuation of the Morley-Campsall Fault Belt and extends northwards from the Huddersfield and Wakefield area into the South Craven fault.^{[1] [2]} It is connected to the Denholme Clough Fault.^[3]

The fault runs underneath Keighley bus station and the Airedale Shopping Centre, and has caused cracks in the shopping centre.

Further reading

• C. N. Waters . N. Aitkenhead . N. S. Jones . J. I. Chisholm . amp . 1996 . Late Carboniferous stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Bradford area, and its implications for the regional geology of northern England . Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society . 51 . 2 . 87–101 . 10.1144/pygs.51.2.87 . 9 September 2019. (map on first page)

Notes and References

1. Book: Holmgren, Dennis A. . Western and Central Europe Major Fracture Patterns in the British Isles. 1974. 263–278.
2. Book: Stephens . John Victor . Mitchell . G H . Edwards . Wilfrid . Geology of the country between Bradford and Skipton . 1953 . H.M.S.O. . London . 119 . VII; Structure. 5097198.
3. Book: C N Waters . K Northmore . G Prince . S Bunton . A Butcher . D E Highley . D J D Lawrence . C P M Snee . C N Waters . K Northmore . G Prince . B R Marker. A geological background for planning and development in the City of Bradford Metropolitan district. 1996. 20. British Geological Survey. Keyworth, Nottingham . 1 . 1. Map 2