Durdle Door - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Durdle Door is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England. The arch has formed on a concordant coastline where bands of rock run parallel to the shoreline. Here t...
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Natural arch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A natural arch or natural bridge is a natural formation (or landform) where a rock arch forms, with a natural passageway through underneath. Most natural arches form as a narrow ridge, walled by c...
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Durdle Door is one of the most photographed landmarks along the Jurassic Coast. This rock arch in the sea was formed as a result of the softer rocks being eroded away behind the hard limestones, allowing the sea to punch through them.
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Durdle Door - world famous geological wonder. Durdle Door in Dorset with its massive rock arch, set right on the Jurassic Coast between Swanage and Weymouth, is absolutely beautiful. There is a sloping beach for bathing or snorkeling ... Durdle Door in Dorset with its massive rock arch, set right on the Jurassic Coast...
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parking: March-October: Park at cliff top car park at Durdle Door Holiday Park (Pay and Display). A small winter car park is located at the entrance of the Holiday Park and is free in winter. ... Located on the Jurassic coastline between Swanage and Weymouth, the arch was formed when less resilient rock was eroded by the sea.
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The natural arch of Durdle Door has been cut by the sea through the almost vertical Purbeck Caps and the top of the Portland Freestone. ... The grassy hollow to the north (inland direction) of the Wealden has been formed by an old mudslide of the Gault Clay (Upper Cretaceous). I do not know when this occurred but it has...
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www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/durdle.htm
www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/durdle.htm
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| Field Guide Maps and Introduction| |Stair Hole |Fossil Forest | Dungy Head |Durdle Door |Mupe Bay |Worbarrow Bay |Lulworth Bibliography | | Purbeck Palaeoenvironments | Lulworth Strata and Contained Fossils - more detail| |Durlston Bay - Peveril Point, Upper Purbeck Formation |Durlston Bay,
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Midway along the heritage coast is the famous beauty spot of Lulworth Cove, graced with the striking limestone arch of Durdle Door. The arch was formed by seawater eroding the chalk and leaving stronger limestone to support itself.
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Lulworth travel and heritage information, part of the Dorset Travel Guide on Britain Express ... The area supports a remarkable array of diverse natural life, particularly butterflies. Lulworth even has its own butterfly species, the Lulworth Skipper, discovered near Durdle Door in 1832.
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