P number: | P000691 |
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Old photograph number: | D01865 |
Caption: | Campsie Glen, 2.5 km. north-west of Lennoxtown. Stirlingshire. A resistant basaltic lava flow of the Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation overlies softer sedimentary rocks of the Lower Carboniferous Ballagan Beds forming a waterfall. |
Description: | Campsie Glen, 2.5 km. north-west of Lennoxtown. Stirlingshire. A resistant basaltic lava flow of the Clyde Plateau Volcanic Formation overlies softer sedimentary rocks of the Lower Carboniferous Ballagan Beds forming a waterfall. Resting on deeply undercut, relatively soft bole and scoria the base of the lava flow forms the roof of the overhang which extends back as much as 5 metres. When an outcrop of resistant rock is underlain downstream by a weaker, softer formation, the latter is quickly worn down. If the face of the resistant rock becomes vertical a waterfall is formed. |
Date taken: | 01/01/1976 |
Photographer: | Bennett, A. |
Copyright statement: | NERC |
Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
X longitude/easting: | 261410 |
Y latitude/northing: | 680240 |
Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
Orientation: | Landscape |
Size: | 372.46 KB; 999 x 782 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 264 x 207 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Landscapes |
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