ST0343 : The Blue Anchor Fault
near to Old Cleeve, Somerset, Great Britain

The Blue Anchor Fault
Possibly the most obvious fault line in Britain. The red rock with reduction horizons is Triassic Merica mudstone (MMS), to the left is Jurassic interbedded marls and muds (with evapourites like gypsum). You can tell this is a normal fault because the Jurassic strata is younger than the MMS. This means the Jurassic strata has slid downwards to sit beside the MMS. Also near the fault in the MMS the lighter reduction horizons are dipping downwards probably due to marginal drag.
The line of the fault runs along the beach, shown by the rock/sand divide.
The line of the fault runs along the beach, shown by the rock/sand divide.
year taken
2011
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- ST0343, 64 images (more nearby)
- Photographer
- Ashley Dace (find more nearby)
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- Date Taken
- Thursday, 9 June, 2011 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 12 June, 2011
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- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
ST 0377 4367 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:11.0479N 3:22.6930W - Photographer Location
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OSGB36:
ST 0353 4371 - View Direction
- EAST (about 90 degrees)
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