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The Jurassic Aztec Sandstone sits below the Keystone Thrust just west of Las Vegas, Nevada.
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One of the classic views of the Dorset and East Devon coast (Jurassic Coast) World Heritage Site. The rocks here are Lower Jurassic clays (190 million years old) overlain by much younger Upper Greensand, which is from the Cretaceous period. The combination of porous sandstone overlying impermeable clays gives rise to l...
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The harbour at West Bay dates back some 300 years and was built around the River Brit but has changed greatly over the years. The new harbour breakwaters were completed in 2005 and the western arm was rebuilt entirely. The harbour is important for fishing, diving and recreation. The cliffs beyond West Bay form part of...
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Portland Bill is a spectacular sight where the gently dipping Portland Limestone finally disappears below the sea. Most of the Bill has been quarried over a century ago and Pulpit rock is all that remains of the un-quarried geology. Two raised beaches date back to warm spells in the last Ice Age and the oldest one can ...
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The picturesque village of Beer is still an active fishing village on the East Devon coast. The cliffs are formed from Chalk and the wide beach protects them from all but the worst weather.
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The cliff is composed of Jurassic Summerville Formation - interlayered shale and gypsum beds. Cutting across this are large veins of hydrothermally remobilized gypsum. On a smaller scale there are many more smaller gypsum veins cutting the entire formation.
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Perhaps the prettiest church along the coast? Constructed largely from Salcombe Stone quarried just a few hundred metres east of the village. The windows and many of the grave stones are cut from Beer Stone. The bulk of Exeter Cathedral is also constructed from Salcombe Stone with Beer Stone used in the finer carvings...
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One of the largest and best preserved examples of a Pliosaur skull ever found in the World. Pliosaurs are the largest, scariest predator to have ever swam in the worlds oceans and this is one of the best ever found. Discovered eroding out of a landslide near Weymouth by local fossil collector Kevan Scheehan between...
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This is the roadcut opposite the one seen here: gigapan.org/gigapans/64148/
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Otterton church demonstrates a wonderful array of local and less than local stone. The tower, which is considerably older than the rest of the building, is constructed from local Triassic aged sandstone. The gravestones are mostly Beer Stone. The main building is Ashburton limestone quarried from the southern edge of D...
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