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P number: P002835
Old photograph number: D02570
Caption: Oblique aerial view of Loch Awe and the Cruachan Hydro-Electric Station and Pass of Brander Fault, Highland Region. The valley is an overdeepened U-shaped glacial valley eroded by the glaciers along a line of weakness, the fault line.
Description: Oblique aerial view of Loch Awe and the Cruachan Hydro-Electric Station and Pass of Brander Fault, Highland Region. The valley is an overdeepened U-shaped glacial valley eroded by the glaciers along a line of weakness, the fault line. The Pass of Brander Fault is a significant example of one of the north-west trending faults along with the Rothes Fault that have appreciable vertical displacements and that formed in the post-orogenic Caledonides. It is thought that some of these faults reflect fundamental deep level tectonostratigraphic lineaments. They contrast with the parallel series of north-east south-west trending post-orogenic brittle faults that have sinistral (sideways) movements e.g. the Glen Markie and Loch Tay Faults.
Date taken: Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1977
Photographer: Christie, A.
Copyright statement: NERC
Acknowledgment: This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network
X longitude/easting: 208000
Y latitude/northing: 726500
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid)
Orientation: Portrait
Size: 282.83 KB; 987 x 1000 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 261 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI);
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