| North Pennine Batholith | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Early Devonian | |
 | |
| Type | Batholith |
| Unit of | Northern England Devonian Plutonic Suite[1] |
| Thickness | 10 km (at maximum) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Granite |
| Location | |
| Region | Northeastern England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
The North Pennine Batholith, also known as the Weardale Granite is a granitic batholith lying under northeast England, emplaced around 400 million years ago in the early Devonian.[2] The batholith consists of five plutons, the Tynehead, Scordale, Rowlands Gill, Cornsay and Weardale plutons. The Weardale Granite pluton is the largest and the only one that has been proved (sampled), after the Rookhope Borehole confirmed Martin Bott's hypothesis that a large negative gravity anomaly under Weardale represented a low-density igneous intrusion.[3]
- ^ "Northern England Devonian Plutonic Suite". BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units. British Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ Kimbell, G.S., B. Young, D. Millward and Q. G. Crowley (2010). 'The North Pennine batholith (Weardale Granite) of northern England: new data on its age and form', Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 58, 107-128; doi:10.1144/pygs.58.1.273
- ^ Bott, M.H.P (2003), 'The story of the Weardale granite', OUGS Journal 24, 39-43 Link to PDF.