| P number: | P001661 |
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| Old photograph number: | B00034 |
| Caption: | Garbh Choire, Ben More Assynt, Sutherland. Double unconformity: Lewisian gneiss forming lowest part of cliff (I); covered by Torridon Sandstone in middle distance (II); capped by basal quartzites (III). |
| Description: | Garbh Choire, Ben More Assynt, Sutherland. Double unconformity: Lewisian gneiss forming lowest part of cliff (I); covered by Torridon Sandstone in middle distance (II); capped by basal quartzites (III). Ben More Assynt is formed of rocks lying above the Ben More thrust plane, which have been transported many kilometres from the east. However, the same stratigraphy is developed as is found to the west of the fold belt. The unconformity between the Lewisian and the Torridonian is irregular; that below the Cambrian quartzite is planar, and at [NC 308 200], just east of this view, cuts out the Torridonian completely. |
| 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: | 231500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 918500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 305.42 KB; 1000 x 756 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 200 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Stratigraphical, Geoscience subjects/ Structural features/ Unconformities and junction planes between beds of different age |
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