A cross section through southwest England

Abstract

The stratigraphy of the Devonian-Carboniferous of SW England resembles that of the Rheinische Schiefergebirge. The structures are different in that flat-Iying folds and cleavages a¡e common in SW England. Folds have vergences to the north or to the south. The Lizard Complex is regarded as a basement high and not as a Variscan plate margin. The structural history including the emplacement of the granite batholith is discussed.