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Kimmeridge Rocks 4-6
The cliffs at Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset, UK, are characterised by alternating hard and soft strata. Multiple thin layers of softer shale rock are sandwiched between wide bands of harder limestone. When… more →
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Kimmeridge Rocks 4-6
wrote 20 hours ago: The cliffs at Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset, UK, are characterised by alternating hard and soft strata. M … more →
Rocky Beach 3
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Caswell Rock Abstract 3
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Who was Nicolas Steno?
wrote 2 months ago: Who was Nicolas Steno? If you’re interested in Geology you’re bound to have heard the na … more →
Cliffs at West Bay
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wrote 2 months ago: The spectacular yellow cliffs at West Bay near Bridport in Dorset are soon to form the back-drop for … more →
'Black Lias' at Clements' Quarry
wrote 5 months ago: Surprisingly, the long-term car park at Oystermouth near Mumbles on Swansea Bay is a also a good loc … more →
Wallenda, Niagara, & the Age of the Earth
wrote 10 months ago: Nik Wallenda tightropes across Niagara Falls Daredevil Nik Wallenda, King of the Highwire, walked a … more →
Can Dinosaurs Fit In The Bible?
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wrote 1 year ago: Komodo Dragon Depends on how big your bible is, right? It is because of science and scientific disco … more →
Geology rocks!
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wrote 1 year ago: Airport Tower reigns over the canyon landscape of Island in the Sky district. Two thousand feet of e … more →
How Old is the Earth? (part 2)
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wrote 1 year ago: Hello! Welcome back to the discussion of the earth’s age. If you have not done so, you might l … more →
Studland Rocks - Part 2
wrote 1 year ago: More rock colours, textures, and patterns from the Redend Sandstone in the cliffs at Studland Bay in … more →
Rock Strata at Lyme Regis Part 1
wrote 1 year ago: The Blue Lias rock strata of the Lower Jurassic Period consist of a thickness of 32 metres of alter … more →
Snuff Boxes at Burton Bradstock
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wrote 1 year ago: The geology of the Burton Bradstock cliffs is dramatically different from that of the cliffs backi … more →
Rocks on Rhossili Down - Part 2
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wrote 1 year ago: An exposure of Carboniferous Lower Limestone Shales belonging to the Cleistopora Zone (Z) is easily … more →
Blue Lias strata at Lyme Regis Part 1
wrote 1 year ago: The greater part of the cliffs on Monmouth Beach at Lyme Regis in Dorset, UK, on the Jurassic Coast, … more →
Cliffs at Budleigh Salterton
wrote 2 years ago: The cliffs at Budleigh Salterton in Devon are spectacular. The intense natural deep red-orange colou … more →
Portland rock strata Part 1
wrote 2 years ago: These photographs show the vertical rock faces on the Isle of Portland in Dorset where I discovered … more →
Rocks on Worm's Head Causeway (4)
wrote 2 years ago: In the earlier post Rocks on Worm’s Head Causeway (3), the photographs illustrated the sharp, … more →
Rhossili rock strata
wrote 2 years ago: The cliffs on the southern boundary of Rhossili Bay rise 60 metres above the sandy beach. They are c … more →
