APHOTOMARINE
An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.
Tufa Formation at Stackhouse Cove, Cornwall. (Coastal Geology)
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Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- cave entrance 1
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- cave entrance 1
Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- adit entrance 1
Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- tufa 1
Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- tufa 2
Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- tufa 3
Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- tufa 4
Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- tufa 5
Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- tufa 6
Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- tufa 7
Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- shaft base 1
Tufa Formation
Stackhouse Cove / Cornwall
- shaft base 2
The tufa deposits around Stackhouse Cove occur for as yet unknown reasons. Although the deposits may be man made and be largely due to or associated with John Stackhouse who studied marine algae in the late 18th / early 19th Century, having built the nearby Acton Castle for the purpose. Nereis Britannica an important work on marine algae was produced in 1801 as a result of seaweed studies at Stackhouse Cove and surrounding areas.
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.