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Durdle Door (sometimes spelt Durdle Dor) is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 885 KB) Summary Durdle Door England Taken on 05/31/2004 By Sean Davis (wikipedia user skez) Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Rainbow Bridge was formed by a meandering watercourse. ...
Lyme Bay. ...
West Lulworth is a village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated on the English Channel coast beside Lulworth Cove. ...
Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dɔ.sət], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified - by Athelstan 927 AD Area - Total 130...
Geology
The arch has formed on a concordant coastline where bands of rock run parallel to the shoreline. Here the rock strata are nearly vertical, and the bands of rock are quite narrow. A concordant coastline is a coastline where bands of different rock types run parallel to the shore. ...
The rocky side of a mountain creek near OrosÃ, Costa Rica. ...
Originally a band of resistant Portland limestone ran along the shore, the same band which can be seen two miles down the coast forming the narrow entrance to Lulworth Cove. Behind this is a 400 ft (120 metre) band of various weaker rocks which are easily eroded, and behind this is a stronger and much thicker band of chalk, which forms the Purbeck Hills. The limestone and chalk are much closer together here than at Swanage, ten miles to the east, where the distance between them is over two miles. There are at least three reasons for this. First, the beds are highly inclined here, and more gently angled at Swanage. Secondly, some of the beds have been cut out by faulting at Durdle Door; and thirdly, the area around Durdle Door appears to have been unusually shallow, so a much thinner sequence of sediments were deposited here. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2000x3008, 706 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Durdle Door Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner...
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Resistance can mean one of: electrical resistance antibiotic resistance resistance to a disease (see related subject immunology) a political resistance movement military resistance against foreign occupation geological resistance fluid resistance thermal resistance This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the...
The Cenotaph, in Whitehall, London, England, is made from Portland stone Portland stone is limestone from the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. ...
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Aerial view of Lulworth Cove Lulworth Cove is not a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in Dorset, south England. ...
A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...
The metre or meter is a measure of length. ...
Severe soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University, USA. For erosion as an operation of Mathematical morphology, see Erosion (morphology) Erosion is displacement of solids (soil, mud, rock and other particles) by the agents of ocean currents, wind, water, or ice by downward or down-slope movement...
The Needles,situated on the Isle Of Wight, are part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation. ...
The Purbeck Hills form a headland where they meet the sea at Old Harry Rocks Corfe Castle guards a gap in the ridgeway At Lulworth Cove the sea has broken through the Limestone, eroded away the weak clays and exposed the chalk of the Purbeck hills The Purbeck Hills are...
Swanage station, the terminus of the Swanage heritage railway. ...
Durdle Door, Man o' War bay (opposite beach) At Durdle bay all except a short stretch of the limestone has been completely eroded away by the sea and the remainder forms a small headland where it has protected the clay behind. At the western end this band of limestone has been eroded through, creating the natural arch. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 411 KB) Summary Durdle Door England Taken on 05/31/2004 By Sean Davis (Wikipedia user skez) Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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The 400 foot isthmus which joins the limestone to the chalk is made of a 50 metre band of Portland limestone, which is less resistant than the Purbeck beds, a narrow and compressed band of Cretaceous clays—Wealden Clay, sands and chert beds—and then narrow bands of Greensand and sandstone. In Man o' War bay, the small bay immediately east of Durdle Door the Portland stone has not been entirely eroded away, and at low tide the band of Portland stone is partially revealed. The Cenotaph, in Whitehall, London, England, is made from Portland stone Portland stone is limestone from the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. ...
The Gay Head cliffs in Marthas Vineyard are made almost entirely of clay. ...
Patterns in the sand Sand is a granular material made up of fine rock particles. ...
Chert Chert (IPA: ) is a fine-grained silica-rich cryptocrystalline sedimentary rock that may contain small fossils. ...
Greensand is an olive-green coloured sandstone rock which found in narrow bands, particularly associated with bands of chalk and clay in northern and western Europe. ...
Red sandstone interior of Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona, worn smooth due to erosion by flash flooding over millions of years Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ...
Tourism Durdle Door is a popular tourist "honeypot," as it is a short walk from the equally popular Lulworth Cove, and lies on the South West Coast Path. Within walking distance of the car park at Lulworth are these two unique landforms, the remnants of a fossilised forest and examples of common rock types from the Jurassic and Cretaceous. The area is part of the 95-mile Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site because of its geology, and these factors make the site one of the most visited natural tourist attractions in the country, with the Lulworth estate (see: Lulworth Castle) estimating the number of hiking journeys across Hambury Tout between Lulworth and Durdle Door as being over 250,000 annually.[citation needed] Tourists on Oahu, Hawaii Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes or the provision of services to support this leisure travel. ...
In geography, a honeypot is a particularly popular attraction within a managed tourist area, such as a national park. ...
Aerial view of Lulworth Cove Lulworth Cove is not a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in Dorset, south England. ...
The South West Coast Path passes along the cliffs (seen in the distance) at Ilfracombe, North Devon. ...
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The Jurassic Period is a major unit of the geologic timescale that extends from about 199. ...
The Cretaceous Period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic Period (i. ...
Lyme Bay. ...
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State...
Lulworth Castle Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, situated south of Wool, is a Castle. ...
In literature and popular culture Several music videos have been filmed at Durdle Door, including parts of Tears for Fears' Shout, Cliff Richard's 1990 Christmas number one Saviour's Day, and Bruce Dickinson's Tears of the Dragon. Tears for Fears (abbreviated TFF) are a popular English pop band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, which emerged after the dissolution of their first band, the mod-influenced Graduate. ...
Shout is a 1984 single from Tears for Fears. ...
Sir Cliff Richard KBE (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940) is an English singer, actor and businessman. ...
Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ...
Saviors Day is a holiday of the Nation of Islam (NOI). ...
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In Nanny McPhee, the children go for a picnic on the beach at Durdle Door. Nanny McPhee is a 2005 childrens film. ...
Scenes from the film Wilde (1997) starring Stephen Fry were shot here. This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ...
References - Arkell, W.J., 1978. The Geology of the Country around Weymouth, Swanage, Corfe and Lulworth, 4th pr.. London: Geological Survey of Great Britain, HMSO.
- Davies, G.M., 1956. A Geological Guide to the Dorset Coast, 2nd ed.. London: Adam & Charles Black.
- Perkins, J.W., 1977. Geology Explained in Dorset. London: David & Charles.
- West, I.W., 2003. "Durdle Door; Geology of the Dorset Coast". Southampton University. Version H.07.09.03. http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/durdle.htm
Her Majestys Stationery Office (usually abbreviated as HMSO) is part of the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom. ...
See also Bats Head is a chalk headland on the Dorset coast in southern England, located between Durdle Door to the east and White Nothe to the west. ...
Stair Hole is a relatively new cove which is forming just to the west of Lulworth Cove in Dorset. ...
There are many beaches in Dorset, southern England, with most of them making up the UNESCO World Heritage Site, The Jurassic Coast. ...
Lyme Bay. ...
External links - Flickr: Photos tagged with "Durdledoor"
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