| P number: | P001685 |
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| Old photograph number: | B00124 |
| Caption: | Coire Lair, Achnashellach, with Sgorr Ruadh in background, Ross & Cromarty. Glaciated surface of Torridonian sandstone. |
| Description: | Coire Lair, Achnashellach, with Sgorr Ruadh in background, Ross & Cromarty. Glaciated surface of Torridonian sandstone. The large ice-smoothed surface of red, slightly pebbly Torridonian sandstone (Applecross Formation) contains many glacial striae, grooves cut in the rock by stones held by the ice while it was moving over the rock. On this surface they run from left to right across the photo. In the background is Sgorr Ruadh, which consists largely of Torridonian sandstone. A small outlier of Cambrian quartzite occurs just west (right) of the main summit. It forms the core of a syncline whose complementary anticline has been cut out by a thrust. |
| Date taken: | Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1894 |
| 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: | 197500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 850500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 196.77 KB; 1000 x 755 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 200 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, glaciation/ Glaciated surfaces, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, glaciation/ Glacial striae |
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