| P number: | P521358 |
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| Caption: | Rock specimen of fossil wood in limestone. Pettycur, Burntisland, Fifeshire, Scotland. |
| Description: | The sample consists of abundant fragments of fossil wood within a dark limestone matrix, with some small veins of light calcite. British Geological Survey Petrology Collection sample number EMC2299. During the Carboniferous period, much of Central Scotland was covered by tropical swamps and forests of large tree species such as Lepidodendron. Fragments of these trees and their root systems can often be found as fossils, the most spectacular being in locations like the Fossil Grove in Glasgow, which has been preserved as a museum. The vast amounts of organic activity in Scotland during the Carboniferous period is responsible for the rich coal seams from which Scotland obtained much of its industrial wealth. The major Carboniferous coalfields were in Fife-Clackmannan, Midlothian, Central-Glasgow and Ayrshire. |
| Date taken: | Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 GMT 2002 |
| Photographer: | McTaggart, F.I. |
| Associate: | T.S. Bain |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Additional information: | EMC2299 |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 297.44 KB; 1000 x 775 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 205 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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