Dorset Coast - Uk Coastline

Question 1

durdle door

Answer 1

great example of an arch - formed on a concordant coastline - softer rick eroded whilst the limestone didnt and formed a headland

Question 2

lulworth cove

Answer 2

small bay - gap was eroded in a band of limestone - behind the limestone is a band of clay which has eroded forming a bay

Question 3

chesil beach

Answer 3

tombolo (type of bar) - formed by longshore drift - behind is a lagoon called the fleet lagoon

Question 4

swanage bay, the foreland and studland bay

Answer 4

discordant coastline - the two bays formed in areas of soft rock (clay and sandstone) - the foreland is a headland made from a band of harder rock (chalk) end of headland eroded forming a stack called old harry and a stump called old harrys wife