| P number: | P002835 |
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| Old photograph number: | D02570 |
| Caption: | Oblique aerial view of Loch Awe and the Cruachan Hydro-Electric Station and Pass of Brander Fault, Highland Region. The valley is an overdeepened U-shaped glacial valley eroded by the glaciers along a line of weakness, the fault line. |
| Description: | Oblique aerial view of Loch Awe and the Cruachan Hydro-Electric Station and Pass of Brander Fault, Highland Region. The valley is an overdeepened U-shaped glacial valley eroded by the glaciers along a line of weakness, the fault line. The Pass of Brander Fault is a significant example of one of the north-west trending faults along with the Rothes Fault that have appreciable vertical displacements and that formed in the post-orogenic Caledonides. It is thought that some of these faults reflect fundamental deep level tectonostratigraphic lineaments. They contrast with the parallel series of north-east south-west trending post-orogenic brittle faults that have sinistral (sideways) movements e.g. the Glen Markie and Loch Tay Faults. |
| Date taken: | 01/01/1977 |
| 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: | 208000 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 726500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Portrait |
| Size: | 282.83 KB; 987 x 1000 pixels; 84 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 261 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Unsorted Images, Geoscience subjects/ Landforms, river/ Valleys |
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