| P number: | P001948 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | C01643 |
| Caption: | Riera Geo, 6.8 km. south of Wick, looking seawards, Caithness. 'Geo' formed along a crush in the Sarclet Sandstone. Shows well the crumbling down of a cliff by jointing (cf. photo C01644 looking inland). |
| Description: | Riera Geo, 6.8 km. south of Wick, looking seawards, Caithness. 'Geo' formed along a crush in the Sarclet Sandstone. Shows well the crumbling down of a cliff by jointing (cf. photo C01644 looking inland). This geo has been eroded by the sea in well-jointed siltstones and mudstones of the Braemore Mudstone Formation (Sarclet Group, Lower Devonian). Bedding is horizontal and subvertical joints at right-angles to each other provide preferred planes of splitting. The long axis of the geo is parallel to an east-north-east-trending fault about 50 m. south of the geo which faults the Braemore Mudstone down against sandstones of the Ousdale Arkose Formation. Note natural arch on left. |
| 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: | 335500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 943500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 246.85 KB; 724 x 1000 pixels; 61 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 192 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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