Thursday, 8 May 2008

More on the landslip

Glad to know that some of you had already heard about the land slip. Thanks to a virtual geography colleague for all the links below.

Landslip at Black Ven, Lyme Regis
Links to pdf article below and guide to landslide watch status
http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=329889
Residential guide to landslips and their impact -
http://www.dorsetforyou.com/media/pdf/s/f/Landslipping_Lyme_05.pdf http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1934737/Biggest-landslip-in-100-years-hits-Jurassic-coast.html
excellent useable study of instability east (Stonebarrow) and west (Black Ven) of Charmouth
http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~gilesd/pdf/Project%20Presentations/Martine%20Mildon%20242001.pdf
pictures and links
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/nature/jurassic_coast/
How a news story evolves!
http://www.newssniffer.co.uk/articles/120946/diff/8/9
Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/07/endangeredhabitats.conservation?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
And Guardian on fossils
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2006/jan/17/fossils.uknews
I have a few photos from Lyme Regis in September 2007
http://www.stacey.peak-media.co.uk/PURBECK/LymeRegisSep2007/LymeRegisSep2007.htm
And finally …. The word
http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/lymchar.htm
Ian West’s superlative site on all things geological on the Wessex coast