Craven Fault System

The Craven Fault System is the name applied by geologists to the group of crustal faults in the Pennines[1] that form the southern edge of the Askrigg Block and which partly bounds the Craven Basin. Sections of the system's component faults which include the North, Middle and South Craven faults and the Feizor Fault[2] are evident at the surface in the form of degraded faults scarps where Carboniferous Limestone abuts millstone grit. The fault system is approximately coincident with the southwestern edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the northeastern edge of the Bowland Fells.

Malham Cove cliff face may have formed as a fault scarp on the Middle Craven Fault but has since retreated ca. 600 m
  1. ^ Aitkenhead, N. et al 2002 British Regional geology: the Pennines and adjacent areas (4th Edn) British Geological Survey, Nottingham
  2. ^ British Geological Survey 1:50,000 scale geological map (England and Wales) sheet 60 Settle