Category:Geology of the Orkney Islands

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The geology of the Orkney Islands is dominated by the Devonian age Old Red Sandstone.

Subcategories

This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.

C

Coastal erosion in the Orkney Islands‎ (2 F)

E

Eday Group (geology)‎ (12 C, 4 F)

H

Hunda Sandstone Formation‎ (2 F)

L

Lamprophyre dikes of the Orkney Islands‎ (2 F)

M

Metamorphic basement of the Orkney Islands (Loch Eil Group)‎ (1 C, 1 F)

O

Old Red Sandstone in Scotland‎ (35 C, 41 F)

S

Stacks of the Orkney Islands‎ (1 C, 10 F)
Stromness Flagstone Formation‎ (6 C, 10 F)

Y

Yesnaby Sandstone‎ (2 C, 6 F)

Media in category "Geology of the Orkney Islands"

The following 38 files are in this category, out of 38 total.

Aeolianite.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 3.67 MB
Base of tuff layer in Lower Eday Sst.jpg 3,073 × 2,305; 3.07 MB
Bitumen stained Lower Eday Sst.jpg 3,068 × 2,301; 2.41 MB
Cliffs NW of St John's Head - geograph.org.uk - 90781.jpg 640 × 480; 111 KB
Deerness Eday Flags.jpg 2,399 × 3,198; 2.43 MB
Dykes at Garthna Geo, Yesnaby - geograph.org.uk - 490020.jpg 480 × 640; 136 KB
Eday geology.png 744 × 1,022; 133 KB
EdayMarl1.JPG 452 × 678; 72 KB
Garthna Geo composite dyke.jpg 2,445 × 3,259; 2.06 MB
Hendry's Holes. - geograph.org.uk - 140839.jpg 640 × 427; 139 KB
High angle aeolian cross beds.jpg 2,851 × 2,170; 2.22 MB
Lamprophyre dike, Birsay, Orkney.jpg 2,816 × 2,112; 2.48 MB
Lower stromness Flags mudcracks.jpg 2,439 × 3,252; 3.74 MB
Normal fault SFB HW.jpg 2,442 × 3,256; 2.58 MB
Old man of hoy2.jpg 598 × 451; 78 KB
OrkneyGeologyMap.png 709 × 840; 158 KB
Orphir Bay breccia pipe.jpg 2,884 × 2,163; 2.66 MB
Orphir Bay Liesegang bands.jpg 3,061 × 2,296; 2.68 MB
Orphir Bay minor normal faults.jpg 3,073 × 2,305; 3.04 MB
Peach Horne Orkney Geological Map 1883 orkneysshetlandt00tudo 0234.jpg 1,468 × 2,067; 363 KB
PicNoupHead.jpg 419 × 568; 50 KB
Red Head on Eday lives up to its name. - geograph.org.uk - 530459.jpg 640 × 426; 105 KB
Sandwick Fish Bed with kink folds.jpg 2,430 × 3,239; 2.44 MB
Sandwick Fish Bed.jpg 2,724 × 2,071; 1.91 MB
Stromatolites on erosion surface.jpg 3,052 × 2,289; 2.43 MB
Tilted Rocks Layers in Orkney - 06052012 (23) (7348265216).jpg 4,272 × 2,848; 6.12 MB
Unconformity base Middle Devonian Yesnaby.JPG 2,048 × 1,536; 647 KB
Upper Eday Sst.jpg 2,909 × 2,296; 2.65 MB
Upper Stromness flags load structures.jpg 3,056 × 2,292; 2.6 MB
West Shore - geograph.org.uk - 362523.jpg 640 × 480; 145 KB
Westray Coastal Scene - geograph.org.uk - 1397995.jpg 640 × 428; 83 KB
Westray Sandstone Streambed - geograph.org.uk - 1397985.jpg 640 × 428; 103 KB
Wobbly Horizons - geograph.org.uk - 1116809.jpg 640 × 436; 120 KB
Yensaby castle 1.JPG 1,536 × 2,048; 1.56 MB
Yesnaby stromatolites.jpg 3,061 × 2,296; 2.13 MB
Fault Line Running into Cliff near Point of Lyregeo - geograph.org.uk - 491285.jpg 480 × 640; 136 KB
Old Red Sandstone Flagstones on Hoy Sound - geograph.org.uk - 487779.jpg 640 × 480; 122 KB
Sea Stack in the Making - geograph.org.uk - 490003.jpg 480 × 640; 112 KB

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