| P number: | P002532 |
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| Old photograph number: | C03895 |
| Caption: | The Cuillin Hills, Skye, looking north-west from Tarskavaig. A distant view of the Tertiary central igneous complex. The mountains consisting mainly of gabbro, are the dissected root of a great volcano. |
| Description: | The Cuillin Hills, Skye, looking north-west from Tarskavaig. A distant view of the Tertiary central igneous complex. The mountains consisting mainly of gabbro, are the dissected root of a great volcano. The great mountain group of central Skye is eroded out of the Tertiary plutonic mass that consists of an arcuate mass of ultrabasic rock enveloped and intruded by the gabbro. This was succeeded by the acid masses of the Red Hills. This complex is one of several within the British Tertiary Volcanic Province when volcanism extended over a period of 12 million years and on the whole, the life-span of individual central complexes was short at about two to three million years. |
| Date taken: | Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 BST 1945 |
| Photographer: | Fisher, W.D. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 186.34 KB; 1000 x 756 pixels; 85 x 64 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 200 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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