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Section Contents
- Introduction
- Geological History
- The Hawse
- Palaeomagnetism
- Sediment rafts
- Vesicles
- Hutton's Section
- Spheroidal weathering
- White sandstone
- Hutton's Rock
- Distorted strata
- Contact details
- Crag and Tail
- The Cats Nick
- Dykes
- Slickensides
- Dessication cracks
- Ripple marks
- Bedding
- The Long Row
- Vent Agglomerate
- Sampsons Ribs
- Geological Map
- Questions
- References
Extras
Tutors only
Crag and Tail features
From the high point on the path beneath Salisbury Crags, looking west it is possible to see Castle Rock and Blackford Hill. Both are Crag and Tail features with the crag facing west. Salisbury Crags is a similar feature, although enhanced by quarrying activity.
These features are caused by glaciation and have the crag facing the oncoming ice. So which way was the ice flowing - west to east, or east to west.