- Dent Fault
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The Dent Fault is a major fault on the boundary between the counties of Cumbria and North Yorkshire in northern England. The fault is named for the village of Dent in Dentdale on the western margin of the Yorkshire Dales.
The fault, or rather the 'Dent Fault System' - a collection of closely associated faults and folds, defines the western edge of the Askrigg Block, a geological structure which underlies the Yorkshire Dales. The fault is associated with the 'Taythes Anticline' to its west and the 'Fell End Syncline' to its east. Other than vertical movement on the fault, there has also been an element of strike-slip movement.
To the north, the fault links with the Pennine Fault System in the vicinity of Brough and with the Craven Fault near Kirkby Lonsdale to the south.[1]
References
- ^ Stone et al. 2010 British Regional Geology: Northern England (5th edition) Keyworth, Notts, British Geological Survey
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