Bedding in sandstone
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Bedding in sandstone by Jonathan Wilkins as part of the Geograph project.
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Bedding in sandstone
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 31 Aug 2022
Outcrop of the New Red Sandstone, here referred to the Corrie Sandstone, of Permian age. Large-scale cross-stratification is presented as variably-coloured bands running across the image, though the structural dip of the beds is towards the sea. Ridges running at right-angles to the bedding traces are cemented fault-traces, now standing proud because they are less easily eroded. Colourful and wonderful rocks, and well exposed on the post-glacial rock platform.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.600974
Longitude
-5.134448