Cwm Pennant Fault

Cwm Pennant Fault

The Cwm Pennant Fault is a SSW-NNE trending normal fault system in North Wales. It forms part of the structures that bound the Snowdon graben. The main faults of the Cwm Pennant fault system throw down to the east.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kokelaar, P. (1992). "Ordovician marine volcanic and sedimentary record of rifting and volcanotectonism: Snowdon, Wales, United Kingdom". Geological Society of America Bulletin 104 (11): 1433–1455. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1992)104<1433:OMVASR>2.3.CO;2. http://gsabulletin.gsapubs.org/content/104/11/1433.abstract. Retrieved 18 December 2010. 

Coordinates: 52°58′N 4°13′W / 52.97°N 4.21°W / 52.97; -4.21


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