Geology of Great Britain
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This limestone arch is a frequently-shot feature of Dorset's Jurassic Coast. This shot is unusual for me because the sun is directly in the camera field of view, straight ahead.
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The top of Gad Cliff offers one of the most spectacular views along the Dorset and East Devon coast World Heritage Site (the Jurassic Coast). Here the rocks have been folded into a huge āSā shaped kink as the result of earth movements about 15 million years ago. In the foreground, Kimmeridge Clay together with Port...
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Autobrecciated Rhyolite, Penfathach, Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, Wales
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The beaches around Charmouth and Lyme Regis are world famous for fossils. I found my first ammonite here in 1973 and became a geologist as a result! I have planted 10 fossils in this view but there are many more. This is just how you find them, lying on the beach! There are ammonites, belemnites, shells, trace foss...
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar_Gorge

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Amiwch industrial heritage Anglesy wales uk
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One for the geology buffs - white limestone sheets folded vertically. Also a favourite with climbers, though they were finishing for lunch as we arrived to gigapan it from Lydstep Point. Skrinkle Haven beyond this is the subject of another gigapan - taken from Whitesheet Rock... See also gigapan.org/gigapans/515...
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The fossil forest is found on a terrace in the cliffs just east of Lulworth Cove. The forest dates back to the end of the Jurassic period, about 145 million years ago. At the end of the Jurassic, the sea was becoming shallower until eventually a series of islands formed surrounded by swamps. Soils developed on the i...
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