| P number: | P002725 |
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| Old photograph number: | D01202 |
| Caption: | Beinn Eighe, 8.9 km. west of Kinlochewe, Ross & Cromarty. In the cliff face is the unconformity of Cambrian quartzite on Torridonian sandstone. Loch Coire Mhic Fhearchair in the foreground corrie. |
| Description: | Beinn Eighe, 8.9 km. west of Kinlochewe, Ross & Cromarty. In the cliff face is the unconformity of Cambrian quartzite on Torridonian sandstone. Loch Coire Mhic Fhearchair in the foreground corrie. The Basal Cambrian Quartzites dip gently away from the cliff face. The unconformity represents a major break in the sedimentation history. After the deposition of the Torridonian there followed a period of 200 Ma during which there was crustal warping and erosion and then finally deposition of the Cambrian strata on a remarkably flat marine erosion surface in what was a progressively subsiding shelf sea. |
| 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: | 194100 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 861200 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 201.64 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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