| P number: | P001928 |
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| Old photograph number: | C01419 |
| Caption: | River Findhorn at Quilichan, Nairn. Remains of high plateau out of which the Findhorn Valley has been carved. Moraine terraces on hill-slopes and recent alluvium of river in foreground. |
| Description: | River Findhorn at Quilichan, Nairn. Remains of high plateau out of which the Findhorn Valley has been carved. Moraine terraces on hill-slopes and recent alluvium of river in foreground. Bedrock exposed beside river at foot of cliff is granodiorite, locally pegmatitic, of the Quilichan Granodiorite Vein Complex, which intrudes strongly metamorphosed sandstones and siltstones of the Central Highland Metamorphic Complex. This is overlain by glaciofluvial sand and gravel, which also forms sloping terraces in middle distance. Most of the higher ground is covered with peat, which conceals till of variable thickness, which in turn overlies bedrock, largely psammitic. The largely concordant hill summits in the distance are remnants of a possibly Neogene high-level erosion surface. |
| Date taken: | Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1910 |
| 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: | 285500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 837500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 183.90 KB; 1000 x 718 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 190 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, river/ River terraces and cliffs |
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