| P number: | P002807 |
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| Old photograph number: | D02103 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of An Teallach and the Moine Thrust, Ross and Cromarty. |
| Description: | Oblique aerial view of An Teallach and the Moine Thrust, Ross and Cromarty. Looking west-north-west from Carn a' Bhreabadair with Moine schists forming the foreground thrust over the Cambrian rocks which themselves unconformably overlie Torridonian sandstone of the background. The line of white quartzite and vegetation marks the approximate line of Moine Thrust. The Moine Thrust Zone extends from Loch Eriboll to the Sound of Iona and is a major structural feature of the Caledonian Orogeny. It separates in the east, the mainly metamorphic Moine and to the west the stable foreland of Lewisian basement, its cover of Torridonian sandstone and Cambro-Ordovician strata. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1976 |
| Photographer: | Christie, A. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 206500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 884000 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 333.08 KB; 984 x 1000 pixels; 83 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 260 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Landscapes |
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