| P number: | P002245 |
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| Old photograph number: | C02069 |
| Caption: | Cliffs of Silurian greywackes, coast west of St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire. |
| Description: | Cliffs of Silurian greywackes, coast west of St. Abb's Head, Berwickshire. Cliff of highly folded Silurian greywackes and shales. The large screes banked against the foot of the cliffs are temporarily protecting the rock from attack by the sea. However, the waves will gradually erode the scree and begin to undermine the rock in due course. Note the narrow wave-cut platform of the modern beach. The Silurian greywackes seen here were deposited underwater in the sea as huge submarine fans with the sands transported into deep water by turbidity currents. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1914 |
| 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: | 390500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 696500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 285.44 KB; 1000 x 716 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 189 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, marine/ Cliffs |
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