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Glacial Erratic, Yorkshire

Glacial erratics of Silurian Period millstone grit perched atop Carboniferous limestone near Settle in Yorkshire, England. The landscape has been rounded by a continental-type glacier, and much of the limestone has weathered away, except where it was protected by the millstone grit.

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Title: Glacial Erratic, Yorkshire

Caption: Glacial erratics of Silurian Period millstone grit perched atop Carboniferous limestone near Settle in Yorkshire, England. The landscape has been rounded by a continental-type glacier, and much of the limestone has weathered away, except where it was protected by the millstone grit.

Category: Geology & Fossils

Credit: Album / Science Source / G. R. Roberts

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Image size: 5128 × 3410 px | 50.0 MB

Print size: 43.4 × 28.9 cm | 2018.9 × 1342.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: BOULDER • CARBONIFEROUS LIMESTONE • DEPOSITION • EFFECTS OF GLACIERS • ENGLISH ROCKS • ERRATIC • GEOGRAFIA • GEOGRAPHY • GEOLOGIA • GEOLOGY & FOSSILS • GEOLOGY • GLACIAL BOULDER • GLACIAL ERRATIC • GLACIAL LANDFORM • GLACIALLY CARVED • GLACIATED • GLACIATION • GLACIER DEPOSIT • GREAT BRITAIN • GRITSTONE • LANDSCAPE • LANDSCAPES • MILLSTONE GRIT • ROCK • ROCKS • ROCKY • SCENIC • SEDIMENTARY FORMATION • SHAPED BY GLACIERS • STONE • STONES • UNITED KINGDOM • YORKSHIRE ENGLAND