| P number: | P000228 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | B00078 |
| Caption: | Beinn Eighe from the north, Loch Maree. Ross & Cromarty. Folded and thrust masses of Torridonian sandstone and Cambrian quartzite weathering and forming screes. Moraines and morainic material in corries and foreground. |
| Description: | Beinn Eighe from the north, Loch Maree. Ross & Cromarty. Folded and thrust masses of Torridonian sandstone and Cambrian quartzite weathering and forming screes. Moraines and morainic material in corries and foreground. The Cambrian quartzites rest unconformably on the Torridonian and have undergone folding and considerable low-angle faulting called thrusting, a clear indication of horizontal compression. The extensive moraines were laid down by the retreating glaciers. The Torridonian comprises an assemblage of terrestrial sedimentary rocks laid down under fluviatile or lacustrine conditions c. 1000-750 Ma. The Cambrian rocks were deposited c. 200 Ma. later after a period of crustal warping. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1891 |
| Photographer: | Lunn, R. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 196500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 859500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 183.96 KB; 1000 x 759 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 201 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, glaciation/ Moraines, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, weathering/ Screes and talus |
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