Geology, Landscapes, and Land Use of Dorset and East Devon

By: Angus Leger, University of Colorado.

Map of the World Heritage coast from Orcombe Rocks to the Old Harry

Rocks.

Access points and service centres – gateway towns to the W.H.C.

World Heritage Site Bid Document

(http://www.jurassiccoast.com 2006).

Introduction to the Jurassic Coast Word Heritage Site

(http://www.ethicalatheist.com/docs/william_smith.html 2006)

Geology of the Dorset Coast

• Sedimentation

• Uplift and Tectonics

• Erosion

(West 2006)

General Dip to the East

(West 2006)

Landscapes and Land Use of the Jurassic coast

West 2006

• River Mouth Towns • Natural Harbors

(West 2006)

Fossils and Landslides

(West 2006)

The Isle of Purbeck

Corfe Castle

West 2006

Quarrying and Smuggling in Beer

(West 2006)

(www.gregoryferdinandsen.com/Old/Old_Images/St 2006)

Conclusion

• Agriculture • Local Building Stone• Jurassic Coast?

(West 2006)

References

• http://www.jurassiccoast.com (2006) Jurassic Coast Dorset and East

Devon: World Heritage Site, UNESCO. • West, Ian (2006) http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/index.htm,Geology of the

Wessex Coast. • http://www.ethicalatheist.com/docs/william_smith.html (2006) The Ethical

Atheist.

• www.gregoryferdinandsen.com/Old/Old_Images (2006).