EQ1 Tintagel + Dorset

Question 1

Context of tintagel

Answer 1

-Located in North Cornwall

Question 2

What is the coastline composed of?

Answer 2

-Old slate, formed under great pressure

Question 3

How does geology control the coastline in tintagel

Answer 3

-Faults are formed when the pressure to which a rock is subjected to exceeds its internal strength causing it to fracture.
-Fault can be exploited by sea to form micro features like at Tintagel.

Question 4

Context of Dorset coastline

Answer 4

-It is a jurassic coastline (95 mile long)
-Located in Southern England

Question 5

How does geology control the coastline at dorset?

Answer 5

-Durdle door is a natural arch, formed by a layer of hard limestone, standing almost vertically out of the sea.
-In concordant coastlines, rock strata or folds run parallel to coast like in south dorset.

Question 6

Dorset- how geology controls coastlines

Answer 6

Once marine action has breached the relatively resistant wall of limestone, it reaches weak shales which are easy to erode into COVES
- e.g, lulworth cove
Neighbouring coves can come together form a wide bay such as Mupe bay.