| P number: | P001189 |
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| Old photograph number: | D04930 |
| Caption: | Siccar Point, viewed from the south-east. James Hutton's classic world-famous unconformity. He was the first geologist to grasp the true significance of such a structure. |
| Description: | Siccar Point, viewed from the south-east. James Hutton's classic world-famous unconformity. He was the first geologist to grasp the true significance of such a structure. Red sandstones and conglomerates gently dipping to north of Upper Old Red Sandstone age, unconformably overlying grey greywackes and shales, vertical strike south-west to north-east of Llandovery (Silurian) age. Fault throws red sandstone down to south-east, along base of cliff. |
| Date taken: | Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1991 |
| Photographer: | Bain, T.S. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 381300 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 670900 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 235.39 KB; 1001 x 778 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 206 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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