| P number: | P000849 |
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| Old photograph number: | D02412 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of Arkle illustrating the Cambrian-Lewisian unconformity and the extremely well-developed scree slopes. Sutherland. View looking east with Ben Hope in background. |
| Description: | Oblique aerial view of Arkle illustrating the Cambrian-Lewisian unconformity and the extremely well-developed scree slopes. Sutherland. View looking east with Ben Hope in background. Pale-coloured Cambrian quartzites form the crest of the ridge and rest unconformably on Lewisian gneiss. Note the very marked change from the lower Lewisian slopes with their rocky hummocky terrain to the well-bedded lighter coloured Cambrian rocks. Scree is a sheet of loose fragmental material lying on a mountain slope usually accumulating at the base of a cliff. |
| Date taken: | Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1975 |
| Photographer: | Christie, A. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 230500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 945500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 282.18 KB; 968 x 1000 pixels; 82 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 256 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Landscapes |
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