| P number: | P002463 |
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| Old photograph number: | C03126 |
| Caption: | Smoo, Durness, Sutherland. A stream flowing into a swallow hole in Cambrian Durness Limestone. |
| Description: | Smoo, Durness, Sutherland. A stream flowing into a swallow hole in Cambrian Durness Limestone. Solution of limestone by rain-water charged with carbon dioxide causes widening of joints and bedding planes as the water works its way down through the rocks. The surface openings eventually become enlarged and in some cases funnel-shaped holes such as this swallow hole or sink hole form. |
| Date taken: | Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1926 |
| Photographer: | Tait, D. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 215.81 KB; 1000 x 756 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/ General views/ Limestone country |
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