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The Dorset Coast (and a little bit of Hampshire!)

The Dorset Coast (and a little bit of Hampshire!). ~ a virtual field trip ~. I took this picture! . Where it is located. Day 1– The journey to Dorset! . Day 2 – Lyme Regis to Ringstead Bay. Groynes.

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The Dorset Coast (and a little bit of Hampshire!)

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  1. The Dorset Coast(and a little bit of Hampshire!) ~ a virtual field trip ~ I took this picture!

  2. Where it is located

  3. Day 1– The journey to Dorset! Day 2 – Lyme Regis to Ringstead Bay

  4. Groynes An aerial photo of Lyme Regis Bay, showing ‘The Cobb’ (Harbour) and where the River Lim meets the sea

  5. Lyme Regis ~ Charmouth ~ Golden Cap Golden Cap

  6. The coast is unstable because there are numerous situations where porous strata, principally the Chalk and Upper Greensand, lie over impermeable clays. 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 cliff top at Black Ven

  7. How Landslides occur

  8. Chesil Beach Isle of Portland The Fleet West Bay (west) Pebbles are ’sorted!’ Portland (east) The gradient of the beach can get very steep

  9. The Isle of Portland When the island was uplifted, a series of massive fractures developed in the limestone.

  10. Weymouth Weymouth is a traditional seaside resort. It is protected by the Isle of Portland. Portland Harbour (South of Weymouth)

  11. White Nothe Headland from Ringstead Bay

  12. Day 3 – Ringstead Bay to St. Alban’s head Durdle Door ~ Lulworth Cove ~ Stair Hole ~ Warbarrow Bay ~ Tynham ~ Broad Bench ~ Kimmeridge ~ Winspit

  13. Durdle Door ~ A Limestone Arch Eventually the arch will collapse to leave a sea stack

  14. Lulworth Cove Chalk Hills stop the cove eroding any further inland Soft sand and clays Limestone Headlands

  15. Stair Hole Small arch is only gap in the limestone. Marine processes eroding further inland

  16. The formation of Lulworth Cove, Stair Hole and the future

  17. Worbarrow Bay Tyneham from Gadd Cliff (Note the land use) Broad Bench

  18. Kimmeridge Bay – A wave cut platform

  19. St. Alban’s Head Winspit (behind) Chapmans Pool Waves shape the coastline. Winspit

  20. Day 4 – St. Albans Head to Sandbanks

  21. Dancing Ledge (+ tidal pool!) Sandbanks Studland Old Harry Swanage Bay Peveril Point Looking out to see from Anvil Point Durlston Head Anvil Point

  22. Swanage Swanage Bay

  23. Old Harry Rocks – A stack Stack Collapsed Undercuttingmeans stack will collapse New cave forming

  24. Studland – Sand Dune System 3 Major dune ridges Little Sea Fieldwork (transects!)

  25. Development of Studland – Blown Sands Little Sea

  26. View over dune slack with further vegetation succession Younger dunes with Marram Grass Actual fieldwork! Hmmmmmm!

  27. Day 5 – Sandbanks to Barton on Sea and the Isle of White

  28. Bournemouth Sandbanks Bournemouth Bournemouth Pier Groynes

  29. Christchurch Harbour Spit Hengistbury Head Groynes Long Groyne Sediment Build Up

  30. Hengistbury Head Unstable Cliffs Gullies Groynes Salt Marsh Erosion

  31. House! Barton on Sea Landslides Landslip

  32. Barton on Sea Christchurch Bay Evidence of lanslides Land Use

  33. River Medina ~ A Ria Isle of Wight East Cowes West Cowes River Medina To Newport

  34. That’s it! Day 6 - Back to School

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