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Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, southern England. The cove is one of the world's finest examples of such a landform , and is a World Heritage Site and tourist location with approximately 500,000 [ 1 ] visitors every year, of whom about 30 per cent visit in July and August. [ 2 ]
The label of Lulworth Beds was given to the strata below the Cinder Bed in 1963 by Casey, who called the remaining section the Durlston Beds. These were elevated to the status of Lulworth and Durlston Formations by Thompson in 1975, who introduced the Purbeck Group as their parent unit. Cope and colleagues considered the Purbeck as a formation ...
Map showing two examples of how coves form. The rock types are those of Lulworth Cove. In example A, a river breaks through the resistant chalk back rock and limestone, leaving the weak clays to be rapidly eroded. In example B, the sea breaks through the limestone, perhaps by forming a cave, and then erodes the clay away.
This coast shows excellent examples of landforms, including the natural arch at Durdle Door, the cove and limestone folding at Lulworth Cove and a tied island, the Isle of Portland. Chesil Beach is a fine example of both a tombolo (a deposition landform in which an island is attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land such as a spit or ...
Corfe Castle. The Isle of Purbeck is a peninsula in Dorset, England.It is bordered by water on three sides: the English Channel to the south and east, where steep cliffs fall to the sea; and by the marshy lands of the River Frome and Poole Harbour to the north.
The Lulworth Formation is a geologic formation in England.It dates from the late Tithonian to the mid Berriasian.It is a subunit of the Purbeck Group. [1] In Dorset, it consists of three members, which are in ascending order, the Mupe Member, the Ridgway Member, and the Warbarrow Tout Member.
The Fossil Forest is the remains of an ancient submerged forest from Jurassic times, located to the east of Lulworth Cove on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. [1] It lies on the Jurassic Coast, on a wide ledge in the seaside cliff. The site is within the Lulworth Ranges and thus has restricted access.
Within the length of Dorset's coast can be found examples of a nearly circular cove (Lulworth Cove), a very clearly exposed and accessible geological fold , a natural sea arch (Durdle Door), sea stacks (Old Harry Rocks), an active landslip , and numerous and often quite spectacular cliffs, including the highest cliff on England's south coast ...