| P number: | P001966 |
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| Old photograph number: | C00718 |
| Caption: | Shore, 3.7 km. south of Ballantrae, Ayrshire. (Near Dove Cove.) Ordovician pillow lavas. |
| Description: | Shore, 3.7 km. south of Ballantrae, Ayrshire. (Near Dove Cove.) Ordovician pillow lavas. Views to illustrate the sack-like or pillow-form structure in basalt lava (spilite) of Ordovician age. The steeply-dipping orientation of the pillow long axes (which were originally sub-horizontal when extruded) shows that these lavas have been tilted into a near-vertical attitude. Such steep dips are common in the Southern Uplands terrane. The Downan Point Lava Formation, now considered to be of Caradoc age, was formerly equated with the Balcreuchan Group lavas of proven Arenig age. |
| Date taken: | Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1897 |
| 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: | 206500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 579500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 188.75 KB; 1001 x 732 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 194 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Igneous features/ Pillow lavas |
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