2010

NC1518 : Suilven Glen Oykel approach

taken 14 years ago, near to Caisteal Liath [hill or Mountain], Highland, Great Britain

Suilven Glen Oykel approach
Suilven Glen Oykel approach
Note the rock band, soil slopes and scree Assynt Suilven rock band scree slope soils: UCW Geology, CBTS Geology Oxford LEB, petrology and structure Scotland with LinkExternal link (Archive LinkExternal link ) Peach Horne the two fault drops are shown sdst, gneiss, basic. BGS The throw of the bedding and the consequent soil patterns and erosion are clearly defined by the shear planes in the west north west rise, cut from the centre narrow band and the east south east rise, the centre eastern section contains syenite, the mass is sandstone. The two faults are oriented SSW SSE so the central zone is a wedge, forced by northern thrust Moine Lewisian complex and foundering.

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Category: Mountain
This photo is linked from: Galleries: · Tweeted from @geograph_bi in June 2015 Automatic Clusters: · Rocks [8] · Narrow [3] · North West [3] · Approach [2] ·
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NC1518, 68 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Michael Dennis Stagg   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 27 September, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 6 October, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NC 15 18 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 58:7.0125N 5:8.0301W
View Direction
West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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