| P number: | P001945 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | C01629 |
| Caption: | North of Dunbar's Stack, 3 km. south of Wick, Caithness. Small reversed fault along axial plane of fold in flagstone cliff. |
| Description: | North of Dunbar's Stack, 3 km. south of Wick, Caithness. Small reversed fault along axial plane of fold in flagstone cliff. Cliff of Hillhead Red Beds (reddened flaggy thinly-bedded siltstones within Berriedale Sandstone Formation, Caithness Flagstone Group, Middle Devonian). Bedding is subhorizontal, except for small S-shaped folds, with top-to-the left sense of movement. The rocks have fractured along the axial planes of these folds, producing small reverse faults, whose planes dip at c. 45 degrees to the north (right). Joints widely spaced, control cliff faces. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1910 |
| 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: | 336500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 947500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 298.63 KB; 1001 x 721 pixels; 85 x 61 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 191 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Images from the archives, Geoscience subjects/ Structural features/ Faulting |
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