Devonian sandstone cliff, Jedburgh
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Devonian sandstone cliff, Jedburgh
Image: © Jim Barton Taken: 18 Nov 2012
A beautiful exposure of Devonian Upper Old Red Sandstone by the Jed Water, showing horizontal bedding laid down approximately 370 million years ago when Scotland was about 10 degrees S of the equator - see 'Death of an Ocean' by E Clarkson and B Upton (Dunedin, Edinburgh 2010) for more about Borders geology. There is a similar looking exposure by the Oxnam Water about 3km NE from here, shown in Image
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Image Location
Latitude
55.48318
Longitude
-2.552512