Pennine Fault System Explained

The Pennine Fault System is a NW-SE trending zone of faulting that forms the southwestern boundary to the Pennines in Cumbria. It was formed as a normal fault during Permian rifting, bounding the Vale of Eden basin, which has a half-graben geometry. It links through to the Dent Fault at its southeastern end.[1] Rocks of Ordovician and Silurian age outcrop between the two main strands of the fault, forming the Cross Fell inlier.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Permian and Triassic rocks of the Appleby district (part of Sheet 30, England and Wales) . Natural Environment Research Council . Integrated Geoscience Surveys (North) Research Report RR/02/01 . 2003 . 19 March 2015 . Hughes R.A..
  2. Web site: North Pennines Area of Outstanding Beauty and European Geopark: A Geodiversity Audit . North Pennines AONB . 2010 . 19 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402130613/http://www.northpennines.org.uk/Lists/DocumentLibrary/Attachments/175/GeodiversityAudit.pdf . 2 April 2015 .

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