P number: | P005471 |
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Old photograph number: | L02045 |
Caption: | Middle Force, Aysgarth Falls. Looking W. |
Description: | Middle Force, Aysgarth Falls. Looking W. The Gayle Limestone forms the lip of the fall, seen here during an unusually dry period. The partly shadowed undercut portion (right) is in the underlying Gayle shale, consisting of fossiliferous mudstone with thin limestone bands. The uppermost part of the Hawes Limestone forms the rocks in the foreground and in the base of the waterfall. |
Date taken: | Sun Aug 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: | 401260 |
Y latitude/northing: | 488680 |
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 308.85 KB; 1000 x 803 pixels; 85 x 68 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 212 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Geological structures, Geoscience subjects/ Sedimentary features/ Bedding-planes |
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