| P number: | P002501 |
|---|---|
| Old photograph number: | C03540 |
| Caption: | Looking north-east across Loch Glencoul to Aird da Loch and Beinn Aird, Sutherland. The Lewisian Foreland beneath the Moine Thrust Zone. Part of a panorama with C03541 and C03542. |
| Description: | Looking north-east across Loch Glencoul to Aird da Loch and Beinn Aird, Sutherland. The Lewisian Foreland beneath the Moine Thrust Zone. Part of a panorama with C03541 and C03542. Unmoved Lewisian gneiss forms foreground, Aird da Loch and the hills beyond. This is part of the Lewisian Complex, a residual fragment of the ancient Laurentian continental mass. They have had a long and varied history having been formed then repeatedly deformed, often deep within the earth's crust over a period of 1800 Ma. The greater part of the Lewisian in the Northern Highlands probably formed in the late Archaean around 2900-2700 Ma. when the earth's crust was still relatively hot and mobile. |
| Date taken: | Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1935 |
| Photographer: | Phemister, J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 225500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 932500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 140.26 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 |
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