File:Hutton Unconformity, Jedburgh.jpg
Summary
Hutton Unconformity at Jedburgh, Scotland, illustrated by John Clerk in 1787 with a recent photography (2003) by Keith Montgomery. The Jedburgh - Newcastle road (A68) is above the section. The section is located about 5 minutes walk from the Jedburgh Abbey, on the outskirts of the town.
This is a good example of an "angular unconformity" in which tilted sedimentary beds are overlain by horizontal beds. This unconformity represents a long gap in the record of geological time, during which deposition had ceased and folding or faulting occurred, the lower strata tilted, and then deposition resumed.
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| current | 02:18, 5 January 2017 | | 581 × 827 (630 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hutton" class="extiw" title="en:James Hutton">Hutton Unconformity</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedburgh" class="extiw" title="en:Jedburgh">en:Jedburgh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" class="extiw" title="en:Scotland">en:Scotland</a>, illustrated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Clerk" class="extiw" title="en:John Clerk">en:John Clerk</a> in 1787 with a recent photography (2003) by Keith Montgomery. The Jedburgh - Newcastle road (A68) is above the section. The section is located about 5 minutes walk from the Jedburgh Abbey, on the outskirts of the town. </p> <p>This is a good example of an "angular unconformity" in which tilted sedimentary beds are overlain by horizontal beds. This unconformity represents a long gap in the record of geological time, during which deposition had ceased and folding or faulting occurred, the lower strata tilted, and then deposition resumed. </p> |
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