Weathering in Lateritic Rocks:: OS grid C9545 :: Geograph Ireland

C9545 : Weathering in Lateritic Rocks

near to Aird, Causeway Head and Tonduff, Ireland

Weathering in Lateritic Rocks

There is some debate about exactly why the weathering on the surface of the lateritic layer develops these elliptical shapes. It may be that the ellipses are the remnants of fractured columns.

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2007

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Grid Square: C9545, 21 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Anne Burgess (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Friday, 1 June, 2007 (more nearby)
Submitted: Saturday, 23 June, 2007
Category: Geological feature (more nearby)
Subject Location: Irish: C 9524 4512 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:14.6328N 6:30.2034W
Photographer Location: Irish: C 9524 4512
View Direction: EAST (about 90 degrees)