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A gravity survey of Northwest Lancashire
Author(s) -
Barker R. D.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
geological journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.721
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1099-1034
pISSN - 0072-1050
DOI - 10.1002/gj.3350090103
Subject(s) - geology , carboniferous , permian , basement , sedimentary rock , paleontology , structural basin , geomorphology , archaeology , geography
A survey involving 860 gravity measurements over the Fylde area of Lancashire is described. A line of movement in the pre‐Permian basement rocks is shown to cross the area from north north east to south south west forming the eastern edge of a deep sedimentary basin. Displacement of the Carboniferous along this line has reached 1000 m in places and was probably an important influence on Permo‐Triassic deposition in Northwest Lancashire.