NY3486 : Flute Casts

3 km from Langholm, Dumfries And Galloway, Great Britain

Flute Casts
Flute Casts
These knobbly shapes are indicative of turbidites, which are rocks formed by underwater slumps and landslides. The turbulent current carves hollows in the underlying rocks, and the hollows are then filled with sediment. This face is the underside of the flow; the rocks in this quarry have been tilted beyond the vertical. These turbidites are of Silurian age.
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NY3486, 4 images   (more nearby)
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Anne Burgess   (find more nearby)
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Date Taken
Sunday, 17 May, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 3 July, 2009
Category
Geological feature   (more nearby)
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NY 345 862 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:9.9564N 3:1.7736W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NY 345 862
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Northwest (about 315 degrees)
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