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Pennine Basin

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The basin was complex and consisted, at different times, of a variety of sub-basins separated by blocks across which typically sedimentation continued but resulted in much thinner rock sequences. The term, the
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but are also present beneath the surface over a much wider area of northern England and indeed into northeast
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to the south. Sediments deposited within the basin are now exposed at the surface throughout the
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This article about a specific United Kingdom geological feature is a
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British regional geology: the Pennines and adjacent areas
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sedimentary basin
Carboniferous
Southern Uplands
Scotland
Wales-London-Brabant Massif
English Midlands
Pennines
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Pennine Block-and-basin Province
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Geology of the Pennines
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