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	The Heritage Jurassic Coast of Dorset England
		This puts the coast, which includes the beautiful cliffs of Golden Cap and the resort of Lyme Regis, on a par with the Taj Mahal, the Pyramids, the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef.
		The Dorset and east Devon coast was proposed because of its beauty and importance for fossils.
		Beneath the surface of this heritage Jurassic coast can still be seen reefs and fish which have not been devastated by the commercialisation suffered by the greater part of our English or European countryside and coastline.
	www.heritagecoast.org (461 words)

	Staithes, Yorkshire Coast, UK - Geology Field Trip Guide and Virtual Field Trip
		On the Dorset coast the Upper Lias, Bridport Sands are similar in being blue-grey beneath a yellow weathered surface.
		Jurassic deltaic deposits (in the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire) show that rivers were actively transporting much material to the shallow seas and, in addition to clastics, this would have included iron as organic colloids.
		Hemingway, J.E. The Lias of the Yorkshire Coast.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~imw/staithes.htm (8088 words)

	UK's Jurassic Coast feels heat of climate change - Boston.com
		Vacationers lounging on the new beach may not realize it, but Lyme, on the southwest coast of England, sits in the middle of one of the most unstable stretches of coastline in the country with a long history of landslips.
		Its very instability is the reason this section of England's southern coast has become known as the Jurassic Coast, in recognition of the rich seam of fossils that are uncovered when cliffs, eroded by the waves, collapse.
		Some larger East Coast towns will be protected, as Lyme has been, but smaller communities such as the Norfolk village of Happisburgh are not lucky enough to be given extra sea defenses and may go under.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/08/03/uks_jurassic_coast_feels_heat_of_climate_change (835 words)

	UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - Dorset and East Devon Coast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Jurassic fossil fauna within the nominated area is considered to be the some of the most abundant and diverse of anywhere in the world.
		Jurassic Coast Strategy (1999) produced as part of the Jurassic Coast Project, identifies the priorities for action related to Earth Science Conservation, interpretation, education and tourism.
		Calloman, J.H. and Cope J.C.W. The Jurassic Geology of Dorset.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/dorset.html (4808 words)

	Jurassic Coast - Wikitravel
		The Jurassic Coast [1] is the popular (and now official) name given to a 95 mile (155 km) long stretch of coastline in southern England, incorporating parts of the east Devon and Dorset coasts.
		The Jurassic Coast was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 2001 [2] on account of its importance to geology, palaeontology and the sheer beauty of it's landscape.
		Many of the earliest recognised scientific dinosaur discoveries were made along the Jurassic Coast in the early 19th century, promoting the rise of the science of palaeontology.
	wikitravel.org /en/Jurassic_Coast (186 words)

	Jurassic Coast - Deeper into geology
		The Jurassic rocks within the nominated Site have been known since the early days of geology as providing one of the finest marine sequences of this age anywhere in the World.
		The boundary between the Jurassic and Cretaceous has still to be internationally defined, but, in Dorset, is expected to lie within the lowest beds of the Purbeck Formation.
		Uplift and erosion towards the end of the Wealden led to the erosion of the underlying Cretaceous, Jurassic, and Triassic along the length of the coast, prior to deposition of the transgressive Lower Greensand, Gault and Upper Greensand.
	www.swgfl.org.uk /jurassic/deep.htm (997 words)

	Dorset Jurassic Coast
		The oldest of Jurassic rocks, the Lias, are fossil rich and subjected to rapid erosion particularly from winter storms.
		Rocks between Exmouth and Studland, along 95 miles of coast (155 km) gently decline towards the east and result in different ages and types being exposed with a "walk through time" over 190 million years.
		Seen from much of Dorset's coast, and recognisable from its steep rocky cliffs, rising to 500 feet at the northern end, and forming a four mile long wedge shape with its famous lighthouse, which is open to the public, right on its southernmost extremity at Portland Bill.
	www.dorsetriviera.com /onlocation/jurassic.asp (826 words)

	About the Jurassic Coast, World Heritage Site of Devon and Dorset, UK page 2
		Perhaps the best known image on the Jurassic Coast is the spectacular natural rock arch of Durdle Door, close by the almost perfectly round harbour of Lulworth Cove.
		At the Swanage end of the Jurassic Coast is a region of Dorset known as the Isle of Purbeck, despite the fact that it is an integral part of the mainland.
		But the Jurassic Coast is really about the sea and here there is surely something for everyone, be it swimming or sunbathing, rambling or fossil-hunting, fishing or diving, sailing or powerboating, windsurfing or body boarding, or just sitting and absorbing the endless exchanges between waves and shingle, sand and wind, gulls and seaspray.
	www.bluelias.co.uk /jurassic-coast-2.html (326 words)

	BBC - Devon - Discover Devon - Jurassic Coast: A Natural Wonder
		Jurassic by name, Triassic by nature...that's the bit of the East Devon coast which is part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.
		Because this 95-mile stretch of coast is full of evidence of its prehistoric days, with fossils and even dinosaur footprints visible.
		The Jurassic Coast is considered the only place in the world which displays unbroken evidence of 185 million years of the earth's history, exposed in layers through the dramatic cliffs.
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/content/articles/2005/11/09/jurassic_coast_feature.shtml (472 words)

	Jurassic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jurassic Period is a major unit of the geologic timescale that extends from about 200 Ma (million years ago), at the end of the Triassic to 146 Ma, at the beginning of the Cretaceous.
		The Jurassic was named by Alexandre Brogniart for the extensive marine limestone exposures of the Jura Mountains, in the region where Germany, France and Switzerland meet.
		During the Jurassic, the 'highest' life forms living in the seas were fish and marine reptiles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jurassic (911 words)

	Jurassic Coast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West Bay forms a major gateway to the Jurassic Coast with the completion in 2004 of the Jurassic Pier.
		360° panoramas of The Jurassic Coastline at Lyme Regis
		Geology of the Wessex Coast by Ian West, Southampton University
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jurassic_Coast (454 words)

	Jurassic Coast - Tourist Guide to the Isle of Purbeck
		The Dorset and East Devon Coast has been known for years as a place of great beauty, but it also has a value that is of truly global importance.
		In December 2001, the 'Jurassic Coast' was awarded World Heritage Site status and became recognised as a place of outstanding universal value.
		Its 155km of dramatic cliffs, tumbling landscapes, spectacular arches and sea stacks display 185 million years of the Earth's history, and countless beautifully preserved fossils enable us to reconstruct the evolution of life.
	www.visitingpurbeck.co.uk /jurassic-coast.php (109 words)

	Jurassic Field Trip Guide - Dorset, England - Bridport Sands of West Bay
		The section to be studied is east of Bridport Harbour or West Bay is in the Bridport Sands of the Upper Lias, one of the major sandstones in the Jurassic sequence in Dorset, and of importance as an oil reservoir rock.
		Tectonics and Sedimentation in the Lower/Middle Jurassic of the Wessex Basin.
		Example extract - Introduction:"The features of the Dorset coast between Highcliffe in the east and Lyme Regis in the west are the result of thousands of years of marine and sub-aerial processes acting upon a wide range of geological materials whilst climate, sea-level and the human use and modification of the coast have changed significantly.
	www.soton.ac.uk /~imw/bridport.htm (11252 words)

	The Jurassic Coast and information on the Jurassic coastline of Dorset, England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The rocks of the Dorset coast generally dip gently to the east and this has the effect of exposing a complete sequence through the Jurassic period of geological time, from the oldest rocks around Lyme Regis to the youngest near Swanage.
		The Jurassic era started a little over 200 million years ago when sea levels rose to flood a desert landscape that existed during the Triassic Period.
		Towards the end of the Jurassic, sea levels dropped and land formed upon which the famous fossil forest grew.
	www.weymouth.gov.uk /Visitors/Jurassic/home.asp?svid=436 (392 words)

	Oaklands Edwardian Guest House on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site Dorset UK
		Along this stretch of coast there is a complete record of 185 million years of Earth history spanning the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of geological time.
		The cliffs to the east of Weymouth are formed from Upper Jurassic clays, limestones and sandstones.
		Our Weymouth BandB is only a 500 metre walk from the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and provides an ideal base to explore what has been described as "some of the finest coastal scenery in Europe".
	www.oaklands-guesthouse.co.uk /jurassic.html (700 words)

	Seaton, Devon, Gateway to the Jurassic Coast
		The Jurassic Coast is world-class and is a great place for holidays, no matter what the time of year and in Seaton and Axe Valley you will find a variety of holiday accommodation to suit all tastes and budgets.
		In 2005 the Jurassic Coast was the winner of the 2005 Tourism for Tomorrow Award by the World Travel and Tourism Council as a leading example of best practice for sustainable tourism, and was recently a runner-up in the National Geographic and Conservation International World Legacy Awards.
		The Jurassic Coast has a unique historical importance to the founding of geology and it remains at the forefront of modern earth science research.
	seatonbay.com (1143 words)

	About the Jurassic Coast - Dorset For You (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Towards the end of the Jurassic period and the start of the Cretaceous period, some 140 million years ago the land that we would one-day call Dorset was covered by swamps and lagoons in which the dinosaurs roamed.
		From the Purbeck Ridge to the ancient plateau of East Devon, the coast and countryside is dominated by the underlying geology.
		The fabulous and diverse geology exposed along the coast has a profound effect on the character of Dorset's picturesque towns and villages and the countryside that surround them.
	www.dorsetforyou.com /index.jsp?articleid=157198 (291 words)

	Tectonic Wedging in the Coast Ranges
		They assumed that tectonic wedging is the dominant style of deformation, and that the Coast Range Thrust is not a fossil subduction thrust, but was originally a roof thrust of the eastward-thinning Franciscan wedge.
		Present movement is interpreted to result from compression across the San Andreas fault system coupled with differential motion between the upper and lower crust; this differential motion is interpreted to occur on thrust fault(s) at the base of the wedge that sole into the brittle-ductile transition zone.
		Bouguer gravity modeling was conducted to assess the subsurface continuity of the Coast Range ophiolite and to establish the geometry of the Franciscan Complex beneath the ophiolite.
	www.colorado.edu /GeolSci/Resources/WUSTectonics/CACoastRanges/websiteberlin.html (5227 words)

	CDNN :: Dorset's Jurassic Coast a Natural Wonder
		The so-called Jurassic Coast will be the first natural feature in England to be given the accolade, putting it on a par with the Grand Canyon, the Great Barrier Reef and the Galapagos Islands.
		Professor Denys Brunsden, a retired geomorphologist and chairman of the Dorset Coast Forum, which helped to submit the proposal, said that the area was already one of the most popular sites for fossil-hunters in Europe.
		The fossils of the Dorset coast were brought to the attention of the world in the early 19th century when the most famous fossil hunter of all, Mary Anning, discovered the remains of the giant marine reptiles named ichthyosaurs on the beach at Lyme Regis.
	www.cdnn.info /eco/e011204/e011204.html (572 words)

	The Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site
		White House Hotel, near Charmouth, is set in a Dorset beauty spot close to the fossil cliffs on the Jurassic coast footpath.
		This beautiful area is known as 'The Jurassic Coast' and has recently been awarded World Heritage status (the UK's first natural World Heritage site).
		In the days of the sail it was said that one voyage in 6 ended in either a stranding on the coast or a foundering at sea.
	l.webring.com /go?ring=dorsetsjurassicc&id=4&next (525 words)

	History of the World Heritage Jurassic Coast Site
		The history of the Dorset coast from when it was under the sea during the Jurassic period when ichthyosaurs and other reptiles roamed until today.
		In the Early Jurassic, dinosaurs were becoming the dominant land living creatures.
		This would last for the remainder of the Jurassic period, encroaching and receding periodically as the sea level rose and fell.
	www.heritagecoast.org /facilities/history.htm (359 words)

	East Devon Holiday Guide \| Jurassic Coast, World Heritage - family days out
		The diverse environmental conditions, particularly the high levels of shallow water sediments, has led to an incredible range of species in the form of plants, insects, benthic and pelagic marine invertebrates, fish, marine and terrestrial reptiles and mammal skeletal remains and rare occurrences like soft tissue preservation.
		The nomination was drawn up by Dorset and Devon County Councils in conjunction with the Dorset Coast Forum.
		The coast received designation in December 2001, when the UNESCO World Heritage Committee met in Helsinki, Finland.
	www.devon24.co.uk /flatfiles/holidayguide/jurassic.aspx (490 words)

	Jurassic Coast Holidays - Photographic holidays on the Dorset Coast
		Jurassic Coast Holidays are experience based holidays based in Dorset and East Devon.
		The Jurassic Coast makes up the 92 mile stretch of coastline covering East Devon and Dorset and its breathtaking scenery has seen it awarded World Heritage Coast status.
		These 5 day breaks are a must for budding amateur photographers who want the opportunity to get up close to breathtaking scenery of the Jurassic Coast and capture those perfect landscape shots.
	www.jurassiccoastholidays.net (211 words)

	West Bay, Dorset - The Jurassic and World Heritage Coast.
		West Bay forms a major gateway to the Jurassic Period of this coastline, to the extent that its new West Pier has been named 'The Jurassic Pier'.
		The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre, situated on the edge of Charmouth's beach is the place to discover more information on the subject.
		Further east is Seatown, a few miles west of West Bay and consisting of a car park and pub at the end of a narrow lane from Chideock.
	www.westbay.co.uk /jurassiccoast (971 words)

	National Trust \| Coastline \| Jurassic Coast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		During the Jurassic period, the Pangaea breaks up leaving the Jurassic Coast swimming amid and beneath fluctuating sea levels.
		The Cretaceous period sees the Jurassic Coast become first a gulf of salt lagoons covered with salt flats known as sabkhas, then dinosaur-filled lush swamps, before becoming a warm sea.
		The period is characterised by pure white chalk, formed by the skeletons of the warm water algae and the shells of micro organisms.
	www.nationaltrust.org.uk /main/cymraeg/w-chl/w-countryside_environment/w-coastline/w-coastline-places/w-coastline-jurassic_coast.htm (494 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Jurassic Coast feels heat of climate change (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Its very instability is the reason this section of the southern coast has become known as the Jurassic Coast, in recognition of the rich seam of fossils that are uncovered when cliffs, eroded by the waves, collapse.
		Just five miles along the coast, the National Trust charity, Britain's largest owner of coastline, is beating a retreat on Golden Cap, the highest point on England's southern coast.
		Some larger east coast towns will be protected, as Lyme has been, but smaller communities such as the Norfolk village of Happisburgh are not lucky enough to be given extra sea defences and may go under.
	news.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=1095562006 (1025 words)

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