| P number: | P002751 |
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| Old photograph number: | D01562 |
| Caption: | The Glencoe Boundary Fault, Stob Mhic Mhartuin, Lochaber. |
| Description: | The Glencoe Boundary Fault, Stob Mhic Mhartuin, Lochaber. The fault separates the main Glencoe Fault Intrusion (top left) from bedded quartzites (bottom right). The Fault Intrusion, here a porphyritic microdiorite, is chilled against the fault zone which consists of brecciated quartzite in a streaky banded matrix of dark glassy material (pseudotachylite), well displayed below the hammer. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1970 |
| Photographer: | Pulsford, J.M. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 223200 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 756400 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 375.28 KB; 790 x 1000 pixels; 67 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 209 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Geological structures, Geoscience subjects/ Structural features/ Fault breccia |
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