Rock failure
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Rock failure
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 21 Sep 2020
The craggy eminence of Gareg Bengam shows how rock masses can fail when there are inclined slip surfaces present as a consequence of bedding or jointing. Large blocks that were prised loose by frost action have simply slid off the planar joint surface and crashed to the ground. It is quite possible that this happened in early post-glacial times when ice melted that would otherwise have buttressed the crag.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.988267
Longitude
-4.058607