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Posted: 30 Sep 2009

Taken: 12 Sep 2009

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1/100 • f/7.1 • 10.0 mm • ISO 200 •

Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL

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rocks •
Guesswhere UK •
Millook Haven •
Crackington Formation •
upper Carboniferous •
turbidites •
chevron fold •
sole structures •
inverted sequence •
fining-up sequence •
guessed by willbick •
geo:lat=50.773511 •
Earthwatcher •
ultra wide angle •
GWUK •
geotagged •
10-20mm •
coast •
ripples •
cliff •
geology •
guessed •
polariser •
fold •
England •
Cornwall •
geo:lon=-4.574604 •

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Upside-down rocks at Millook Haven, Cornwall

Upside-down rocks at Millook Haven, Cornwall
The is an unusual detail view of the rocks at Millook Haven, north Cornwall.
The striped rocks are turbidites belonging to the Crackington Formation (upper Carboniferous). Way-up structures in the sandstone bands such as fining-up sequences, small-scale slump structures, ripple marks and grooves, etc, demonstrate that these northward dipping rocks (part of the famous chevron fold sequence) have been inverted and are upside-down.

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 Amelia
Amelia club
I just love this for its aesthetic appeal - never mind the geological interest.
3 years ago.
Earthwatcher club has replied to Amelia club
Thank you Amelia! I completely agree about the aesthetic appeal of rocks. I have an album dedicated to it.
www.ipernity.com/doc/earthwatcher/album/807008
3 years ago.

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