Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: Upper Greensand

Ridge Cliff, east of Seatown in Dorset, is capped by the golden Upper Greensand Formation (Cretaceous). This is in turn underlain by Lower Jurassic strata including the the paler yellow Bridport Sand seen here in the middle of the section. The afternoon sun bathes everything in a golden light which together with the blue sky is intensified by a polarising filter.

Seaweed covered boulders at the foot of Ridge Cliff near Seatown, Dorset, England. Golden Cap in the background.

Ridge Cliff, east of Seatown in Dorset, is capped by the golden Upper Greensand Formation (Cretaceous). This is in turn underlain by Lower Jurassic strata, including the Eype Clay at the base of the cliff. The latter is quite prone to landslides and mudflows. The afternoon sun bathes everything in a golden light which together with the blue sky is intensified by a polarising filter.

Ridge Cliff, east of Seatown in Dorset, is capped by the golden Upper Greensand Formation (Cretaceous). This is in turn underlain by Lower Jurassic strata, including the Eype Clay at the base of the cliff. The latter is quite prone to landslides and mudflows. Golden Cap, itself capped by Upper Greensand, is visible in the distance. The afternoon sun bathes everything in a golden light which together with the blue sky is intensified by a polarising filter.

View towards Golden Cap from Seatown, Dorset. The pale yellow scar in the foreground is probably the Down Cliff Sands (Middle Lias, Lower Jurassic) and is a back scar of the extensive landslipped area to the left mainly in the Lower Lias shales (Eype Clay and Green Ammonite Beds). Golden Cap exposes the Lower and Middle Lias sequence, overlain unconformably at the top by the yellow Upper Greensand (Cretaceous).

Ridge Cliff, east of Seatown in Dorset, is capped by the golden Upper Greensand Formation (Cretaceous). The afternoon sun bathes everything in a golden light which together with the blue sky is intensified by a polarising filter.

The Spittles landslide area near Charmouth, Dorset, looking west towards Lyme Regis. The Spittles is a wilderness of extensive, active, multiple landslides in Lower Lias (Lower Jurassic) shales, overlain by the Upper Greensand (Cretaceous) which forms the inland golden cliff to the right. Panorama stitched manually from 2 wide-angle photos.

Just west of Seatown, Dorset. Low cliffs of landslipped Lower Lias shales (the 'Green Ammonite Beds', lower Jurassic) with mudflows. The bedding in these cliffs is completely disrupted by the landslides. None of it is in its original place. Golden Cap in the background with its yellow capping of Upper Greensand.

Another view of The Spittles landslide near Charmouth, Dorset, this time looking east. Golden Cap is visible on the distant skyline. The Spittles is a wilderness of extensive, active, multiple landslides in Lower Lias (Lower Jurassic) shales, overlain by the Upper Greensand (Cretaceous) which forms the inland golden cliff to the leftt. In the foreground is a recent rotational landslide. The sloping grassy surface in the foreground was originally horizontal and level with the grass on the left. This section has slipped downwards and rotated anticlockwise. The yellow sand cliff in the left foreground is the landslide back scar. Panorama stitched manually from 2 wide-angle photos.