2-583: The Widmerpool Gulf is a name given to a sedimentary basin that existed as an area of open water during the Early Carboniferous ( Tournaisian Age ). It is named after Widmerpool , near Nottingham and was an extension eastwards as far as Lincolnshire, of the North Staffordshire Gulf. It was formed during a rifting event, which began in the Late Devonian , that affected the area between
4-605: The London-Brabant Massif to the south and the Highland Boundary Fault to the north. It has a large normal fault on its southern margin and has the form of a half-graben . In time, the equatorial swamp forests on its shores were converted into the coalfields of Leicestershire , to the south and Nottinghamshire , to the north. Sedimentary basin Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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