| P number: | P000966 |
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| Old photograph number: | D02821 |
| Caption: | Stac of Glencoul at the head of Loch Glencoul. Sutherland. The prominent stack on the skyline is formed of Moine schists which rest on mylonite. Beneath the mylonite Cambrian quartzite forms the hilltop below the stack. |
| Description: | Stac of Glencoul at the head of Loch Glencoul. Sutherland. The prominent stack on the skyline is formed of Moine schists which rest on mylonite. Beneath the mylonite Cambrian quartzite forms the hilltop below the stack. There are several thrust planes crossing this hillside. The Sole and Glencoul Thrusts cross the loch from left to right and run through the two most distant islands and up into the large crag in shadow. Lewisian gneiss can be seen in the foreground. Mylonite is a hard, very fine-grained, commonly laminated and platy rock formed by intense ductile deformation and resulting in marked grain size reduction and recrystallization of the parent rock. Mylonites are common along the full length of the Moine Thrust Zone. |
| Date taken: | Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 BST 1979 |
| Photographer: | Bain, T.S. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 223700 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 932200 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 288.17 KB; 1000 x 792 pixels; 85 x 67 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 210 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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