ST0343 : The Blue Anchor Fault

near to Old Cleeve, Somerset, Great Britain

The Blue Anchor Fault
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.
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2011
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Date Taken
Thursday, 9 June, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 12 June, 2011
Geographical Context
Geological interest 
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ST 0377 4367 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:11.0479N 3:22.6930W
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OSGB36: geotagged! ST 0353 4371
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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