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Location of Isle of Purbeck

East Dorset

Isle of Purbeck's position on Jurassic Coast

Eastern gateway

Type of coast - Isle of Purbeck

Concordant coast

Resistant rock at Lulworth Cove entrance

Purbeck limestone

Less resistant rock behind limestone - Lulworth Cove

Clays

Rate of erosion of clays at Lulworth Cove

Rapid

What formed at Lulworth Cove

Cove/bay

Soft rock types at Swanage Bay

Clay & sands

Hard rock types at Swanage Bay

Chalk & limestone

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