The first selection of photographs taken at Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset, England, yesterday (27 March 2015) showing details of the natural patterns, textures, and colours of the rocks. The rocks are described as rhythmically inter-bedded blocky, organic-poor mudstone and fissile, organic rich shale.
For information about the geology of this location look at:
John C. W. Cope Geology of the Dorset Coast, Geologists’ Association Guide No. 22, Geologists’ Association, 2012, pp 159-167, ISBN978 0900717 61 1.
M. A Woods (compiler) Geology of south Dorset and south-east Devon and its World Heritage Coast, British Geology Survey, NERC, 2011, pp 61 – 67, ISBN 978 085272654 9.
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Beautiful colours Jessica, really brought out by being wet.
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Thank you, Adrian. It was a good afternoon for taking pictures even though it was dull. I liked the way that groundwater with iron was seeping through the rocks; and newly exposed rock faces revealed iron-stain patterns.
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