| P number: | P001674 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | B00081 |
| Caption: | Beinn Eighe from the east, Loch Maree, Ross & Cromarty. Folded and thrust masses of Torridon Sandstone and Cambrian quartzite weathering and forming screes. |
| Description: | Beinn Eighe from the east, Loch Maree, Ross & Cromarty. Folded and thrust masses of Torridon Sandstone and Cambrian quartzite weathering and forming screes. In this area there is no basal thrust at the western margin of the Moine thrust belt. Instead, the 'foreland' rocks are folded into broad open folds with north-south axes, and cut by minor thrusts following the axial planes of the anticlines. In the photograph, the dark areas are formed of Torridonian sandstone (Applecross Formation) forming the cores of the anticlines. The pale areas are covered with scree derived from quartzites of the Lower Cambrian Eriboll Formation. Moraines have been deposited during ice retreat in the corries and in the foreground, where they can be seen to consist largely of angular quartzite blocks but with some erratics. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1891 |
| Photographer: | Lunn, R. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 196500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 859500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 183.81 KB; 1000 x 764 pixels; 85 x 65 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 202 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, weathering/ Screes and talus |
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