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The age and correlation of Skiddaw Group (early Ordovician) sediments in the Cross Fell inlier (northern England)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

A. H. Cooper  and
S. G. Molyneux
A. H. Cooper
Affiliation:
British Geological Survey, Windsor Court, Windsor Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HE, UK
S. G. Molyneux
Affiliation:
British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK
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Abstract

The Skiddaw Group in the Cross Fell inlier comprises the Catterpallot Formation of latest Tremadoc or earliest Arenig age, the Murton Formation of Arenig age, and the Kirkland Formation of early Llanvirn age. Each of these formations can be correlated with formations in the Skiddaw Group of the Lake District. The faulted contact of the Catterpallot and Kirkland formations is the probable extension of the Causey Pike Fault (CPF), which separates two distinct sequences in the Skiddaw inlier of the northern Lake District. Contrasts across the CPF in the Cross Fell inlier reflect those seen in the Skiddaw inlier. The CPF is a major basement structure, separating markedly different successions in the Ordovician strata of northern England.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 127 , Issue 2 , March 1990 , pp. 147 - 157
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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