| P number: | P002118 |
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| Old photograph number: | C01430 |
| Caption: | Allt Breac, Daless, Findhorn Valley, Nairnshire. Cliff sections in the Allt Breac Valley showing glaciofluvial fan-delta deposits overlying till being eroded by rain-wash. |
| Description: | Allt Breac, Daless, Findhorn Valley, Nairnshire. Cliff sections in the Allt Breac Valley showing glaciofluvial fan-delta deposits overlying till being eroded by rain-wash. Near view of part of a marginal terrace at 544 m. O.D. of stratified silts, sands and gravels, overlying boulder clay marking highest limit of Findhorn glacier. Shows formation of aretes by torrential erosion of the boulder clay. The rock outcrop is Precambrian metamorphic rocks of the Central Highland Migmatite Complex of uncertain status and stratigraphical position. |
| 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: | 838500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 284.59 KB; 1000 x 723 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 191 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, glaciation/ Glacial deposits, boulder clay, sand, gravel |
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