P number: | P000546 |
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Old photograph number: | C03960 |
Caption: | Dumbarton Rock. |
Description: | The vent contains a plug of microporphyritic olivine-basalt of Jedburgh/Dalmeny type and of Lower Carboniferous age intruded into Devono-Carboniferous sediments. The plug occurs within a screen of vent agglomerate and collapsed sediment. Dumbarton Rock is a crag-and-tail, the 'tail' of which descends eastwards beneath marine and alluvial deposits. This prominent landmark is one of a group of volcanic vents situated north of the River Clyde at Dumbarton and that cut the Lower Carboniferous sediments. It lies at the south-western end of the Dumbarton-Fintry line of volcanic centres. |
Date taken: | Sat May 01 00:00:00 BST 1948 |
Photographer: | Fisher, W.D. |
Copyright statement: | Crown |
Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
X longitude/easting: | 239500 |
Y latitude/northing: | 674500 |
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 186.59 KB; 1000 x 728 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 193 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Images from the archives |
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