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Lulworth Cove - Fold...
The area of Purbeck sits in a dip known as the Purbeck Monocline. Major movements of the earth's plates caused this monocline as the beds at Lulworth were lifted. Faults in the rock strata responded to the pressure of the uplift causing the rocks to twist and fold creating formations that are clea...
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Lulworth Cove - Fold...
The area of Purbeck sits in a dip known as the Purbeck Monocline. Major movements of the earth's plates caused this monocline as the beds at Lulworth were lifted. Faults in the rock strata responded to the pressure of the uplift causing the rocks to twist and fold creating formations that are clearl...
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Lulworth Cove - Fold...
The area around Lulworth is made up of five types of sedimentary rocks. Originally most of the rocks were laid down flat with layers forming one on top of another. Today they are no longer positioned this way They now lie with the oldest rock, - Portland stone on the outside and the youngest – the...
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Lulworth Cove - Fold...
When the continents of Africa and Europe collided 24-1.5 million years ago the effects were far reaching causing changes in the rock formations many hundreds of miles away. The rocks at Lulworth were lifted, twisted and folded over 90 into their present position. The collision of the earth's tecton...
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Lulworth Cove - Fold...
These images show the Lulworth Crumple as photographed from the high western viewpoint of Stair Hole. Here the exposed eastern cliff shows a cross section through the Purbeck rock strata. The fold in the rock was caused by a fault present within the steep northern limb of what is known as the Pur...
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