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This story continues today. The international importance of the geological heritage along the Jurassic Coast was recognised in 2001 when it became a <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1029">World Heritage Site</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr">The significance of the Jurassic Coast as a World Heritage Site lies in its unique <a href="https://www.jurassiccoast.org/science-and-heritage/geology"><strong>geology</strong></a>. Exposed along its 95 miles of cliffs and foreshore ledges, are rocks that provide a near-complete record of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of geological time. </p> <p dir="ltr">Between roughly 260 and 65 million years ago, layers of sediment built up here almost continuously. As <a href="https://www.jurassiccoast.org/science-and-heritage/geology/environmental-stories">environmental conditions</a> changed over millions of years, different types of sedimentary rocks were laid down. The exquisite fossils that the rock layers contain provide insight into the web of life at different points in Earth’s history. Together, the sequence of rock layers and fossils along the Dorset and East Devon coast can be read like a book, describing the evolution of this area over the course of 185 million years. </p> <p dir="ltr">Today, the diversity of rock types across the coastline has given rise to many different <a href="https://www.jurassiccoast.org/science-and-heritage/geology/our-dynamic-coast/geomorphology-and-coastal-processes">coastal landscapes</a>, from sheer golden cliffs, to massive complex landslides. It has been described as an outdoor laboratory for the study of <a href="https://www.jurassiccoast.org/science-and-heritage/geology/our-dynamic-coast/geomorphology-and-coastal-processes">coastal landforms</a>. </p> <p> <h2 dir="ltr">Take a Walk Through Time</h2> <p dir="ltr">Starting at the western end of the Jurassic Coast, at <a href="https://www.jurassiccoast.org/science-and-heritage/information/product-catch-all/orcombe-point-p3157473">Orcombe Point</a> in East Devon, the red Triassic rocks are around 260 million years old. Travelling eastward is a Walk Through Time, as beneath your feet and in the cliffs the rocks get progressively younger until you reach the eastern end of the Site, at <a href="https://www.jurassiccoast.org/explore/jurassic-coast-landmarks/old-harry-rocks">Studland Bay</a> in Dorset, where the white Cretaceous Chalk is around 70 million years old. </p> <p dir="ltr">On the way you will pass rocks laid down in deserts, tropical seas, forests and lagoons. As you move across the different rock types you will encounter the richly varied landscape, a result of sandstone, mudstone and limestone being shaped by natural processes into hills, valleys, bays, beaches, arches, stacks and landslides. Even the buildings change, as the unique character of each town and village is strongly derived from their use of whatever local building stone was and is available to them. By stopping at museums and visitor’s centres along the way you will see the extraordinary wealth of <a href="https://www.jurassiccoast.org/science-and-heritage/palaeontology/fossils/fossil-finder">fossils </a>that have been and continue to be recovered from the shoreline of the World Heritage Site. These relics of prehistoric habitats and ecosystems help chart the evolution of life across the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. </p> <p dir="ltr">This remarkable journey is made possible by the particular way the geology of the Jurassic Coast formed. Watch this video to learn more.</p> <p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zg10lz9mHQM?si=ZHGOogzwkEWHMvAA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p> <figcaption> <p>The formation of the Jurassic Coast</p> </figcaption> <p dir="ltr"> <p> <h2 dir="ltr">The importance of erosion</h2> <p dir="ltr">The coast is where land, sea and sky meet. It is a dynamic landscape where drama is found both in its nature and in how we as human beings interact with it. Conservation of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site starts with the rock exposures, fossils and natural landforms that form the basis of its Outstanding Universal Value. The coastline we know today was created by the natural process of erosion. Over time it has exposed world-class geology and palaeontology and created iconic and much-loved landforms, such as Chesil Beach, <a href="https://www.jurassiccoast.org/explore/jurassic-coast-landmarks/durdle-door">Durdle Door</a>, <a href="https://www.jurassiccoast.org/explore/jurassic-coast-landmarks/lulworth-cove">Lulworth Cove</a> and <a href="https://www.jurassiccoast.org/explore/jurassic-coast-landmarks/ladram-bay">Ladram Bay</a>. Natural change is ongoing and part of the evolving story of the Jurassic Coast. </p> <p dir="ltr">Allowing natural erosion to continue is the most effective way to maintain the Outstanding Universal Value of the Jurassic Coast and safeguard its World Heritage Status. However, this can be in conflict with the needs or desires of coastal communities to protect themselves from flooding and coastal retreat. A pragmatic approach to resolving this conflict where it arises usually leads to positive outcomes. This is often best done through collaboration in order to find an acceptable balance between the needs of people and the needs of the natural environment.</p> <p> <h2 dir="ltr">Defining our Outstanding Universal Value</h2> <p dir="ltr">There are <strong>five key attributes of the Dorset and East Devon Coast that underpin its status as a World Heritage Site</strong>. These are the key characteristics that have been recognised as being globally significant, transcending national and cultural boundaries, and having common importance for present and future generations of all humanity. </p> <p> <ol> <li aria-level="1" dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Stratigraphy (the rock record) and structure<br> The Site includes a near-continuous sequence of Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous rock exposures, representing almost the entire Mesozoic Era (between 251 and 66 million years ago), or approximately 185 million years of Earth history. Because the overall tilt or ‘dip’ of the rocks is gently to the east, each section of coast contains its own unique part of the story that add up to the whole; a globally significant site.<br>  </p> </li> <li aria-level="1" dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Palaeontological record<br> The Site contains a diverse range of internationally important Mesozoic fossil localities, including key areas for Triassic reptiles, and for Jurassic and Cretaceous mammals, reptiles, fish and insects. These chart virtually one third of the entire evolution of complex life forms. The ammonite zonation is also important as these animals changed rapidly through time and can therefore be used to date the relative ages of the rocks and place them in a time context with other sites.<br>  </p> </li> <li aria-level="1" dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Geomorphological features (landforms) and processes<br> A wide range of significant geomorphological features and processes are also represented within the Site. It is renowned for its demonstration of landsliding, and of beach formation and evolution in relation to changing sea level, including raised beaches and offshore peat deposits. The coast demonstrates spectacularly how geological structure controls the evolution of bays and headlands and how erosion on a discordant and concordant coastline creates these features. There are also superb examples of the formation of caves, arches and sea stacks.<br>  </p> </li> <li aria-level="1" dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Ongoing scientific investigation and educational use, and role in the history of science<br> The coast played a key role in the development of the Earth sciences over the last two centuries and continues to provide an outdoor classroom for teaching, and an unparalleled resource for ongoing research. The continuous rock sequence contained in the naturally eroding cliffs allows scientists to test existing theories and generate new ones. Fossils new to science continue to be found through responsible collecting efforts, and thus contribute to maintaining the OUV of this Site. The ability to study erosional processes is also important, and is also now benefiting from the application of new monitoring techniques.<br>  </p> </li> <li aria-level="1" dir="ltr"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Underlying geomorphological processes in the setting of the Site<br> The reasons for the form, diversity and quality of the coastal landscape are found in the underlying geology and the geomorphological processes acting on it. Much of the landscape is dominated by relic features and dates back to a time of active processes under very different climatic conditions from today. 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The Cove is a clam-shell shape. The sea is glistening blue from the sun." ><noscript><img src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FJC%20-%20Featured%20item%20-%20Bat%27s%20Head%20to%20Gad%20Cliff.jpg&action=DontMissNav" alt="A view from up a high elevation over the grassy built-up landscape of the Lulworth area with a distant view of Lulworth Cove. The Cove is a clam-shell shape. 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" ><noscript><img src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FJC%20-%20Featured%20item%20-%20Black%20Ven%20to%20Seatown.jpg&action=DontMissNav" alt=" A pebble beach with dark grey limestone/ mud-looking cliffs. The pebbles/boulders near the sea have green algae showing it is low tide. The undulating cliffs from Charmouth extend off into the distance from the photographer. The sun is bright but there are a few fluffy white clouds in the sky. " /></noscript></a></p><h3><a href="/science-and-heritage/story-of-the-jurassic-coast/geology/discover-by-area">Discover by Area</a></h3></li> <li class="odd"><p class="image"><a href="/science-and-heritage/story-of-the-jurassic-coast/geology/environmental-stories"><img src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fimages%2Flazyloadplaceholder.jpg&action=DontMissNav&allowdefault=1" style="display: none;" data-lazy-src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FJC%20-%20Featured%20item%20-%20Environmental%20Stories.png&action=DontMissNav" alt="Thumbnail for Environmental Stories" ><noscript><img src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FJC%20-%20Featured%20item%20-%20Environmental%20Stories.png&action=DontMissNav" alt="Thumbnail for Environmental Stories" /></noscript></a></p><h3><a href="/science-and-heritage/story-of-the-jurassic-coast/geology/environmental-stories">Environmental Stories</a></h3></li> <li class="even"><p class="image"><a href="/science-and-heritage/story-of-the-jurassic-coast/geology/geological-formation"><img src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fimages%2Flazyloadplaceholder.jpg&action=DontMissNav&allowdefault=1" style="display: none;" data-lazy-src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FJC%20-%20Featured%20item%20-%20Lulworth%20Geomorphology.jpg&action=DontMissNav" alt="A close up view of the almost-vertical layers of rock around Lulworth Cove." ><noscript><img src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FJC%20-%20Featured%20item%20-%20Lulworth%20Geomorphology.jpg&action=DontMissNav" alt="A close up view of the almost-vertical layers of rock around Lulworth Cove." /></noscript></a></p><h3><a href="/science-and-heritage/story-of-the-jurassic-coast/geology/geological-formation">Geological Formation</a></h3></li> </ul><script type="text/javascript">if (NewMind.ETWP.LazyLoadImages) { setTimeout(NewMind.ETWP.LazyLoadImages.EarlyInit); $(function() { setTimeout(function() { $(".c70171 a").click(function() { setTimeout(NewMind.ETWP.LazyLoadImages.EarlyInit); }); }); });}</script></div><div class="sys_control c70096 ctl_FeaturedPages dontMissNav dontMissNavHeritage"><h2>Don't Miss</h2><ul class="featured"><li class="odd"><p class="image"><a href="/science-and-heritage/story-of-the-jurassic-coast/history-of-science/early-innovators"><img src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fimages%2Flazyloadplaceholder.jpg&action=DontMissNav&allowdefault=1" style="display: none;" data-lazy-src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FJC-%20Featured%20item%20-%20Early%20innovators.png&action=DontMissNav" alt="A graphic showing a cartoon male scientist pondering something in the bottom left corner and a young female scientist with a magnifying glass in the top right corner. Skeleton outline of a fossil dinosaur and dinosaur footprint, along with a series of question marks surround an outline of Noah's ark." ><noscript><img src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FJC-%20Featured%20item%20-%20Early%20innovators.png&action=DontMissNav" alt="A graphic showing a cartoon male scientist pondering something in the bottom left corner and a young female scientist with a magnifying glass in the top right corner. Skeleton outline of a fossil dinosaur and dinosaur footprint, along with a series of question marks surround an outline of Noah's ark." /></noscript></a></p><h3><a href="/science-and-heritage/story-of-the-jurassic-coast/history-of-science/early-innovators">Early Innovators</a></h3></li> <li class="even"><p class="image"><a href="/science-and-heritage/story-of-the-jurassic-coast/history-of-science/museum-founders"><img src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fimages%2Flazyloadplaceholder.jpg&action=DontMissNav&allowdefault=1" style="display: none;" data-lazy-src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FJC%20-%20Featured%20item%20-%20Museum%20Founders.jpg&action=DontMissNav" alt="A photograph of Portland Museum, white cottage with a black thatched roof." ><noscript><img src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FJC%20-%20Featured%20item%20-%20Museum%20Founders.jpg&action=DontMissNav" alt="A photograph of Portland Museum, white cottage with a black thatched roof." /></noscript></a></p><h3><a href="/science-and-heritage/story-of-the-jurassic-coast/history-of-science/museum-founders">Museum Founders</a></h3></li> <li class="odd"><p class="image"><a href="/science-and-heritage/story-of-the-jurassic-coast/history-of-science/pioneering-fossil-collectors-and-geologists"><img src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fimages%2Flazyloadplaceholder.jpg&action=DontMissNav&allowdefault=1" style="display: none;" data-lazy-src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FJC%20-%20Featured%20item%20-%20Pioneering%20Fossil%20Collectors%20and%20Geologists.png&action=DontMissNav" alt="A graphic showing a stylised geological formation along the bottom, with a river flowing through the centre. Above, from left to right, there is a cartoon boy looking through a magnifying glass at a rock, a lightbulb with a geological hammer inside, a scientist looking through a microscope, another lightbulb with hammer and a female palaeontologist holding a spade with a dinosaur skeleton outline behind." ><noscript><img src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FJC%20-%20Featured%20item%20-%20Pioneering%20Fossil%20Collectors%20and%20Geologists.png&action=DontMissNav" alt="A graphic showing a stylised geological formation along the bottom, with a river flowing through the centre. 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The seaside town extends off into the distance on the left side and the sea glistens in the sun on the right." ><noscript><img src="/imageresizer/?image=%2Fdbimgs%2FJc%20-%20Featured%20items%20-%20Social%20History.jpg&action=DontMissNav" alt="People gather around local fisherman preparing fish on a pebble beach in East Devon. The sun is shining. 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