Английская Википедия:Bristol Channel Fault Zone
Шаблон:Use dmy dates 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.[1] It makes landfall just south of Weston-super-Mare and the Mendip Hills.[2] It forms a divide between the late Palaeozoic age South Wales basin to the north and the Culm Basin to the south. It marks a major change in the pre-Variscan geology of the United Kingdom, juxtaposing very different sequences of Devonian and Lower Carboniferous rocks.[3] During the Variscan, the fault may have acted as either a strike-slip fault or a thrust fault or indeed both; its nature remains uncertain.[4] During the Triassic to Jurassic, the fault zone was active as an extensional fault, controlling the development of the Bristol Channel Basin.[1]
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- ↑ Woodcock, N.H. and Strachan, R.A. (eds) 2000 Geological History of Britain and Ireland Blackwell Science, (p230, 263) Шаблон:ISBN