Carrock Fell Igneous Complex
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Gabbroic complex; it shows geochemically distinct, presently vertical gabbroic sheets which become progressively less basic as one travels north and finally the summit is made of granophyre. Believed to have been formed by cumulate crystalisation/fraction from an initially basaltic magma and rotated out of its initial horizontal layering by the Caledonian Orogeny.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrock_Fell
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Coordinates: 54°41'28"N 3°1'33"W
- Cunswick Scar 43 km
- Whernside 736m 64 km
- Pen-y-ghent 76 km
- Cairnsmore of Fleet 91 km
- Longridge Fell 96 km
- Corserine 101 km
- Merrick 107 km
- Kinder Scout 161 km
- Haughmond Hill 219 km
- The Lawley 235 km
- Northern Fells 4.7 km
- Great Cockup 6.7 km
- Great Mell Fell 10 km
- Skelton Transmitting Station 10 km
- Dodd 11 km
- Little Mell Fell 12 km
- Walla Crag 14 km
- Derwent Water 15 km
- Ullswater 16 km
- Lake District National Park 26 km