ALL CASE STUDIES Flashcards
Name the seven places of Dorset Coast
Durdle Door Lulworth Cove Chesil Beach Swange Bay and Studland Bay Stair Hole Fleet Lagoon Studand (SSI)
What is Durdle Door?
It is an arch on the Dorset Coast composed of limestone.
What is Lulworth Cove?
It is cove after a gap was eroded in a band of limestone. Behind the limestone is a band of clay that has been eroded to form the cove. The same thing is happening to stairhole further down the coast.
What is Chesil Beach?
It a tombolo created due to long shore drift. Behind Chesil beach there is a lagoon called Fleet lagoon
What is Studland Bay and Swanage Bay?
They are two area of softer rock. In between them is a headland called The Foreland. The end of the headland has been eroded to form old harry ( a stack) and Old Harry’s wife ( a stump)
Where is Dorset Coast located ?
South of UK and South East of Bournemouth.
What is Stair hole?
A very small cove in Dorset much smaller than Lulworth. It has anticline and syncline.
What is studland SIII?
A national treasure reserve owned by the national trust. It has sand dunes and tourist attractions.
