| P number: | P002717 |
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| Old photograph number: | D01193 |
| Caption: | Quinag, looking north-west from 0.8 km. north-west of Inchnadamph, Sutherland. |
| Description: | Subaerial erosion of the Lewisian rocks produced a land surface of considerable relief. On this surface Torridonian rocks were deposited unconformably. They are reddish-brown arkosic and pebbly sandstones and conglomerates that were deposited under semi-arid conditions in temporary lakes and as alluvial fans. After gentle folding extensive marine erosion formed a very flat surface onto which the Cambrian basal quatzites were deposited in a ever deepening sea. Following the quartzites fine-grained calcareous muds were deposited to form the Fucoid Beds. Torridon sandstone mountains capped by Cambrian quartzite which also forms the long dip-slope running from the isolated summit towards the camera. Cambrian Fucoid Beds etc. in the near and middle distance. |
| Date taken: | Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1968 |
| Photographer: | Christie, A. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 224700 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 922700 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 176.66 KB; 1000 x 772 pixels; 85 x 65 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 204 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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| Categories: | Unsorted Images |
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