c.147 million years ago: warm, shallow carbonate seas and shoals at the latitude of Greece today deposited these Upper Jurassic rocks, Isle of #Purbeck, #Dorset.
A perfect spot for smuggling in a bygone era.
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Upper Jurassic rocks at Chapman's Pool and Houns-tout, Dorset.
Deposited +/- 148 million ago.
Note change of slope at the base of the Portland Sand Formation and worldclass examples of landslips.
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