Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: The Strangles

Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group. This is a view of the upper cliff overlooking The Strangles, near Crackington Haven, north Cornwall. The cliff is comprised of the Crackington Formation: upper Carboniferous turbidites and shales, which have been subjected to intense folding and a near-horizontal axial-planar, slaty cleavage is well developed in the shaly parts of the sequence, as in this location. The cliff has been extensively quarried in the past for slates.

Originally uploaded as a clue to a Guesswhere UK photo. This is a view of the upper cliff overlooking The Strangles, near Crackington Haven, north Cornwall. The cliff is comprised of the Crackington Formation: upper Carboniferous turbidites and shales, which have been subjected to intense folding and a near-horizontal axial-planar, slaty cleavage is well developed in the shaly parts of the sequence, as in this location. The cliff has been extensively quarried in the past for slates.

The Samphire Rock is the sea-stack in the lower left; Northern Door is the arch close to the centre. The Strangles cliff, near Crackington Haven, north Cornwall.

A recumbent fold couplet with well-developed, near-horizontal, axial planar cleavage in a shaly horizon of the Crackington Formation (upper Carboniferous) at The Strangles cliff, near Crackington Haven, north Cornwall.

A recumbent fold with well-developed, near-horizontal, axial planar cleavage in a shaly horizon of the Crackington Formation (upper Carboniferous) at The Strangles cliff, near Crackington Haven, north Cornwall.

A recumbent fold in the Crackington Formation (upper Carboniferous) at The Strangles, near Crackington Haven, north Cornwall. Axial planar cleavage is well-developed. The well-exposed underside of one of the bedding planes displays prominent sole structures.

Detail of part of a recumbent fold in the Crackington Formation (upper Carboniferous) at The Strangles, near Crackington Haven, north Cornwall. Axial planar cleavage is well-developed and is refracted (changes direction) in alternating weaker and stronger (sandier) beds.

A small fault in the Crackington Formation (upper Carboniferous) at The Strangles, near Crackington Haven, north Cornwall.

Detail of the small fault and fault breccia in the Crackington Formation (upper Carboniferous) at The Strangles, near Crackington Haven, north Cornwall.

The Strangles beach near Crackington Haven, north Cornwall, looking northeast towards Northern Door (the arch) and Cambeak headland in the distance.