| P number: | P002508 |
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| Old photograph number: | C03560 |
| Caption: | The Fossil Grove', Victoria Park, Whiteinch, Glasgow, Renfrew. Fossil trees of Lower Carboniferous age. |
| Description: | The Fossil Grove', Victoria Park, Whiteinch, Glasgow, Renfrew. Fossil trees of Lower Carboniferous age. Some of a group of ten well-preserved natural casts of lower rooted portions of Lower Carboniferous Lepidodendron trees. The trees are rooted in shale, which would have been the soil that they originally grew in, and are overlain by sandstone which ultimately preserved them. The symmetrical bifurcating branching pattern of the roots can be clearly seen in the nearest tree stump. During the Lower Carboniferous, Scotland had a tropical climate and trees such as these flourished across the huge deltas and swamps which abounded hereabouts. On death, the trees would have contributed to the organic matter which ultimately became coal. |
| Date taken: | Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1937 |
| Photographer: | Fisher, W.D. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 253500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 667500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 157.60 KB; 1000 x 756 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 200 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Sedimentary features/ Fossiliferous rocks |
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