| P number: | P000746 |
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| Old photograph number: | D02131 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of the Ben Nevis Complex which consists of a series of concentric intrusions with a central block of Dalradian metasedimentary rocks and Lower Old Red Sandstone lavas faulted down in a cauldron subsidence structure. |
| Description: | Oblique aerial view of the Ben Nevis Complex which consists of a series of concentric intrusions with a central block of Dalradian metasedimentary rocks and Lower Old Red Sandstone lavas faulted down in a cauldron subsidence structure. View looking south-west from Carn Mor Dearg shows the classical ring structure of the inner facies of the Ben Nevis Complex surrounding a core of volcanic lavas which form the cliff face. The contact runs along the stream then up the edge of the shadow at the base of the main cliff. There are three parts to the Ben Nevis Complex, the Outer Granite, steeply-bounded against the contact-altered schists, a continuous inner ring of the Inner Granite older than the Outer Granite, and the central core consisting of 2000 ft. of Lower Old Red Sandstone volcanic rocks overlying Dalradian metasedimentary rocks. |
| 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: | 217700 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 772300 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 259.14 KB; 990 x 1000 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 262 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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