Buckie Limestone Formation
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Buckie Limestone Formation
Image: © Uamhair Taken: 27 Dec 2021
View from Buckpool westwards to Spey Bay. The rock formation in the foreground is the Buckie Limestone Formation, representing a pink-coloured fossil soil (calcrete) horizon containing numerous boulder-sized blocks sourced from the adjacent Dalradian basement rocks.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.674519
Longitude
-2.985818