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P number: P005530
Old photograph number: L02104
Caption: Tanfield Gravel Pit (defunct), Steeply Denniff Co. Ltd. Looking NE.
Description: Tanfield Gravel Pit (defunct), Steeply Denniff Co. Ltd. Looking NE. A close-up of the lower part of the cliff in the centre of the basin-like depositional structure (see photograph No. L 2101). Within the gravel deposit of a Devensian kame terrace a 30 cm. sand layer exhibits climbing ripples to perfection.
Date taken: Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 BST 1976
Photographer: Thornton, K.E.
Copyright statement: NERC
Acknowledgment: This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from JIDI the JISC Image Digitization Initiative
X longitude/easting: 425690
Y latitude/northing: 477760
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid)
Orientation: Landscape
Size: 386.22 KB; 1000 x 801 pixels; 85 x 68 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 212 mm (screen at 96 DPI);
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Categories: Best of BGS Images/ Geological structures, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, glaciation/ Glacial deposits, boulder clay, sand, gravel, Geoscience subjects/ Sedimentary features/ Ripple-marks  

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