| P number: | P001120 |
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| Old photograph number: | D03741 |
| Caption: | Ballantrae, south-west Ayrshire. Ailsa Craig and Arran viewed from the south. Geologically Ballantrae gives its name to the Ordovician age 'Ballantrae Igneous Complex', a typical ophiolite assemblage. |
| Description: | Ballantrae, south-west Ayrshire. Ailsa Craig and Arran viewed from the south. Geologically Ballantrae gives its name to the Ordovician age 'Ballantrae Igneous Complex', a typical ophiolite assemblage. The ophiolite assemblage is characterized by what is known as the 'Steinmann Trinity' of serpentinite, pillow lavas and cherts. It is a fragment of oceanic crust tectonically emplaced at a continental margin. Many ophiolites probably originated at active mid-ocean spreading ridges. This area of unusual rocks has long attracted the attention of geologists since Nicol (1844) described part of the sequence and has subsequently caused a long-running controversy. |
| Date taken: | Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 1986 |
| Photographer: | McTaggart, F.I. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 209000 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 581700 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 272.42 KB; 1000 x 784 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 207 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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