P number: | P222366 |
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Old photograph number: | L01550 |
Caption: | Prudhamstone Quarry. |
Description: | Prudhamstone Quarry. Quarrying of the massive sandstone above the Four Fathom Limestone has exposed the overlying sandstones, siltstones which form a number of minor cyclothems. There are also some thin coals and impure limestones. The base of the Great Limestone, with the Chaetetes Band occurs at the extreme top of the quarry face. |
Date taken: | Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 BST 1976 |
Photographer: | Thornton, K.E. |
Copyright statement: | NERC |
X longitude/easting: | 388420 |
Y latitude/northing: | 568740 |
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 281.66 KB; 1000 x 809 pixels; 85 x 68 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 214 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Sedimentary features/ Bedding-planes |
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