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The Dorset Coast (and a little bit of Hampshire!) ~ a virtual field trip ~ I took this picture!
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Where it is located
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Day 2 – Lyme Regis to Ringstead Bay Day 1– The journey to Dorset!
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An aerial photo of Lyme Regis Bay, showing ‘The Cobb’ (Harbour) and where the River Lim meets the sea Groynes
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Golden Cap Lyme Regis ~ Charmouth ~ Golden Cap
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The cliff top at Black Ven Black Ven between Lyme Regis and Charmouth. Upper Greensand lies over Lower Jurassic clays. The largest coastal mudflow in Europe took place here in the winter of 1958/9 The coast is unstable because there are numerous situations where porous strata, principally the Chalk and Upper Greensand, lie over impermeable clays.
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How Landslides occur
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Chesil Beach Isle of Portland The Fleet West Bay (west) Pebbles are ’sorted!’ Portland (east) The gradient of the beach can get very steep
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The Isle of Portland When the island was uplifted, a series of massive fractures developed in the limestone.
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Weymouth is a traditional seaside resort. It is protected by the Isle of Portland. Portland Harbour (South of Weymouth) Weymouth
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White Nothe Headland from Ringstead Bay
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Day 3 – Ringstead Bay to St. Alban’s head Durdle Door ~ Lulworth Cove ~ Stair Hole ~ Warbarrow Bay ~ Tynham ~ Broad Bench ~ Kimmeridge ~ Winspit
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Durdle Door ~ A Limestone Arch Eventually the arch will collapse to leave a sea stack
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Limestone Headlands Soft sand and clays Chalk Hills stop the cove eroding any further inland Lulworth Cove
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Small arch is only gap in the limestone. Marine processes eroding further inland Stair Hole
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The formation of Lulworth Cove, Stair Hole and the future
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Worbarrow Bay Tyneham from Gadd Cliff (Note the land use) Broad Bench
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Kimmeridge Bay – A wave cut platform
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Chapmans Pool St. Alban’s Head Waves shape the coastline. Winspit Winspit (behind)
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Day 4 – St. Albans Head to Sandbanks
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Dancing Ledge (+ tidal pool!) Looking out to see from Anvil Point Durlston Head Peveril Point Swanage Bay Old Harry Sandbanks Studland Anvil Point
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Swanage Bay Swanage
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Old Harry Rocks – A stack Stack New cave forming Collapsed Undercutting means stack will collapse
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Studland – Sand Dune System Fieldwork (transects!) Little Sea 3 Major dune ridges
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Development of Studland – Blown Sands Little Sea
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View over dune slack with further vegetation succession Younger dunes with Marram Grass Actual fieldwork! Hmmmmmm!
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Day 5 – Sandbanks to Barton on Sea and the Isle of White
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Bournemouth Sandbanks Bournemouth Pier Bournemouth Groynes
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Hengistbury Head Long Groyne Spit Christchurch Harbour Groynes Sediment Build Up
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Hengistbury Head Gullies Erosion Unstable Cliffs Salt Marsh Groynes
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Barton on Sea Landslides House! Landslip
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Barton on Sea Land Use Evidence of lanslides Christchurch Bay
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West Cowes East Cowes River Medina To Newport River Medina ~ A Ria Isle of Wight
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Day 6 - Back to School That’s it!
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