| P number: | P002959 |
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| Old photograph number: | MNS04868 |
| Caption: | View looking north-eastwards from the north-west shore of Loch Etive near Craig, across the glacially enhanced valley of Loch Etive to Ben Starav with Ben Alder in the far distance, Argyllshire. |
| Description: | View looking north-eastwards from the north-west shore of Loch Etive near Craig, across the glacially enhanced valley of Loch Etive to Ben Starav with Ben Alder in the far distance, Argyllshire. This provides a view through one of the Etive plutons, one of the finest examples of a multiple pulse intrusion within the Caledonian Igneous Terrane. This body represents one of the youngest members of the Caledonian Argyll Suite of intrusions (at c. 400 million years) emplaced at shallow sub-volcanic levels within the crust (c. 3 km. depth). The foreground lies within the outer multiphase monzodiorites of the Cruachan facies of the pluton, through to the later monzogranites of the Starav facies. Although the rocks of Ben Starav represent some of the most evolved rocks within the pluton, their chemistries are such to suggest that the two main pluton facies derive from different magma sources. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1987 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | Unknown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 203800 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 734700 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 390.19 KB; 991 x 1000 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 262 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Landscapes |
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