Manuel Gloger


Premium (Pro), Düsseldorf

Hills of North Arran

6. April 2013

http://www.mountainhiking.org.uk/scotland-mountains/arran/arran2.shtml
http://www.summitpost.org/the-isle-of-arran/458606

Landscape Fashioned by Geology

Erosion in the north of Arran has removed the characteristic volcano shape and worn the rocks down to the level where the molten rock cooled as granite.

The granite now stands up as higher ground because it is harder and more resistant to erosion than the surrounding ancient sedimentary rocks, which were tilted when the granite was forced into place.

The northern hills of Arran are in fact made up of two intrusions of granite, an earlier coarser granite which forms the higher hills and a later finer granite in the centre forming the lower ground.

Source: http://www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/geology/arran/north_arran.asp

Lochranza Panorama
Lochranza Panorama
Manuel Gloger

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Dossier Schottland
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APN NIKON D7000
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