2012

NH7661 : Beach near Learnie

taken 13 years ago, near to Craighead, Highland, Scotland

Beach near Learnie
Beach near Learnie
Looking to the south-west, past the outcrops of Moine-type and Lewisianoid rocks, the sky is beginning to look a bit threatening. It was no illusion; before the end of the afternoon it was raining stair rods.
The Rosemarkie Inlier

An inlier is a geological term denoting an outcrop of older rocks which protrudes through younger rocks. North-east of Rosemarkie is a curious inlier made up of rocks which closely resemble the Moine and Lewisian rocks further west, being made up of the same sorts of ancient rocks which have undergone similar metamorphoses. In the Rosemarkie Inlier, however, these rocks are intruded and cut by numerous sheets and veins of salmon-pink leucogranite. The inlier is about 10 km long and 2 km wide, and is bounded on the west by Devonian sedimentary rocks. It lies parallel to the continuation of the Great Glen Fault, which is just offshore, and is thought to have been uplifted into its present position by movements related to the Fault.


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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Looking [6] · Beach below Learnie [3] · Rain [3] · Outcrops of Moine-type and Lewisianoid Rocks [2] ·
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NH7661, 28 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Anne Burgess   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 25 August, 2012   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 30 August, 2012
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NH 7623 6124 [10m precision]
WGS84: 57:37.4447N 4:4.4424W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NH 7627 6125
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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