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Gypsum from
Bridport, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK


Locality type:Civil Parish
Classification
Species:Gypsum
Formula:CaSO4 · 2H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gypsum data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bridport, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:794133
Long-form Identifier:1:3:794133:7
GUID (UUID V4):639668c6-b236-4d04-9e54-b5d2346d0c6f
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Book (edition)
Few parts of England offer a better training-ground in Geology than the coast of Dorset. All the principal...diagrammatic clearness, and fossils are plentiful. The Dorset coast is described almost foot by foot, from Pinhay...reached conveniently from Lyme Regis or Bridport in the west, Weymouth in the central part, and Swanage...Hounstout and St. Alban’s in the distance. Head THE DORSET COAST A Geological Guide BY Ge OVE SAV TES...EDITION The experience of many years has provéd the Dorset coast to be an ideal training ground for field
Book
ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL Geolo_ of south Dorset and south-east Devon and its World Heritage Coast...Coast - i,J ~ . A Geology of south Dorset and south-east Devon and its World Heritage Coast In recognition...in south-east Devon and Old Harry Rocks in south Dorset was granted World Heritage status in December 2001...:50 000 geological sheets 328 Dorchester, 341/342 West Fleet and Weymouth and 342/343 Swanage. The diverse...and occur in a variety of forms unrivalled in the UK. Inland too, the influence of geology on the landscape
Report (issue)
SCIENCES The Wi nterborne Kingston borehole, Dorset, England • • • • • • •• • •• • • • • • • ••...81 /3 The Winterborne Kingston borehole, Dorset, England G. H. Rhys, G. K. Lott and M. A. Calver (Editors)...Cretaceous (Chalk) of the Winterborne Kingston borehole, Dorset. C. J. Wood, P. J. Bigg and A. W. Medd. 19 The...Cenomanian) of the Winterborne Kingston borehole, Dorset. G. K. Lott. 28 The macrofauna of the Lower Cretaceous...Cretaceous rocks of the Winterborne Kingston borehole, Dorset. A. A. Morter. 35 Lower Cretaceous to Upper Jurassic
Report (issue)
The natural (baseline) quality of groundwater in England and Wales P Shand, W M Edmunds, AR Lawrence, P...groundwater in selected reference aquifers in England and Wales. Cover illustration Conceptual figure...the modern day. Key words Baseline, groundwater, England, Wales, water quality, hydrogeochemistry. Bibliographic...The natural (baseline) quality of groundwater in England and Wales. British Geological Survey Research Report...of environmental regulation and management in England and Wales. In discharging these responsibilities
Report (issue)
MEMOIRS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ENGLAND Wells and Springs of Dorset w. By Whitaker, B .A., F.R.S.... Net • • • • iir PREFACE The county of Dorset is mostly of simple geological structure and consists...Beamiuster Rural District.-Blandford Rural District.-Bridport Rural District.-Cerne Abbas Rural District.-Dorchester...FrG. 1 .-Sketcb-1\:Iap PAGF. of the,Geology of Dorset .. (To face) ., 2.-Section from Melcombe Park...from St. Alban's Head to \Vytch Heath 6.-· Map of Dorset showing Zones of WaterSupply ., 7.-Bournen1outh
Report (issue)
Geographical index United Kingdom, Great Britain, England, Wessex Subject index Groundwater flow, secondary...378173 BGSKEY Fax 0602- 363200 G Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA '6' 031--667 1000...Generalised geological sketch-ma,p of southern England showing the northern limit of the Wessex Basin...structures 10 23 Groundwater flo\;,, in south Dorset in Cretaceous and Tertiary times (based on Figure...Figure 8 in Selley and Stoneley, 1987). BS = Bridport Sands, SS= Sherwood Sandstone, W = Wealden Beds. Shaded
Report (chapter)
Tany Court, St. Albans, Hertfordshire A L l 1 TU, UK (e-mail: Nigel R Ainsworth@compuserve.com) 211 Corner...Hertfordshire HP3 9HN, UK 332 Inkerman Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire A L l 3BB, UK 4StratLab Ltd, 299 Deeside...Cults, Aberdeen AB15 9PA, UK 5 41 Montem Road, Newmalden, Surrey KT3 3QU, UK Abstract: The stratigraphy...comprise the Sherwood Sandstone Group and the Bridport Sands, with the hydrocarbon sources limited to.......... -i " T ~ ~ J 61"N /,/ - ~!son DORSET BASIN afn Farm - ~)8/ 79 -8 Wytch ~5 f
Report (edition)
Jurassic (Inferior Oolite, Great Oolite Series Dorset Basin, Great Oolite Series northwards from Westbury);...trending approximately east-west; Structures trending approximately north-west-southeast; Influence of structure...Seatown to Bridport Harbour and 12 Burton Bradstock 4 Outcrop of the Yeovil and Bridport Sands showing...Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset 12 Comparative classifications of the Portland Group in Dorset 44 13 Correlations...Group in Dorset 46 14 General model for environments of deposition of the Portland Group of Dorset 54 15
Report (edition)
. 2. Section along the cliffs from Scatown to Bridport Harbour and Burton Bradstock 3. A brittle-star...cliffs of Kimmeridge Clay near Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset .... 10. Fossils from the Corallian and the Kimmeridge...Upper Cretaceous Unconformity near Holworth House, Dorset 21. Fossils from the Gault and the Upper Greensand.... 22. Section from Mclcombe Park to near Wool, Dorset .... 23. Sketch of the Upper Greensand escarpment...Coast Scenery between Black Ven and Golden Cap, Dorset. Dark clifTs on left are formed by Black Ven Marls
Book
Survey. 1:50 000 Sheets 326 and 340 Sidinouth (England and vVales). © NE.RC 2004 All rights reserved Copyright...the Sid.mou th d istrict fonn a key part of the Dorset and East Devon Coast \'Vorld Heritage Site, exposing...which rises to a height of over 270 tn in the north -west. Deeply incised valleys give rise to topograp hy...westwards. As a resttlt, ]ttrassic rocks are absent west of th.e lower Axe and Yarty va Heys. However, the... 1najor faults, 1nost of which downthrow to the west, repeating parts of the succession. Following the
Book
amrcoals 1 Zig Zag Chalk (20-50): firm white chal ae West Melbiry Chalk ie 16): soft marly chalk fi Melbury...around Shaftesbury The Shaftesbury district in north Dorset lies at the western end of the Wessex Basin. The...thickness of formations. Formations below the Bridport Sands are not exposed in the district, and ... The thicknesses for the formations below the Bridport Sands are those proved in the Fifehead Magdalen...view of landslips, Shaftesbury, viewed from the west. BRITISH GEOLOGICAL Geology of the country CM
Report (edition)
6 2. Section along the cliffs from Seatown to Bridport Harbour and Burton Bradstock 7 3. A brittle-star...cliffs of Kimmeridge Clay near Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset - 25 10. Fossils from the Corallian and the Kimmeridge...Upper Cretaceous Unconformity near Holworth House, Dorset - 48 21. Fossils from the Gault and the Upper Greensand...51 22. Sfection from Melcombe Park to near Wool, Dorset - 53 23. Sketch of the Upper Greensand escarpment...Coast Scenery between Black Ven and Golden Cap, Dorset. Dark cliffs on left are formed by Black Ven Marls
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
lithostratigraphy for the Purbeck Limestone Group in the Dorset type-area R. K. Westhead* and A. E. Mathert WESTHEAD...lithostratigraphy for the Purbeck Limestone Group in the Dorset type-area. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association...variation of the Purbeck Limestone Group across its Dorset type-area (within the Wessex sub-basin of northern...logging of coastal sections in west and central parts of south Dorset, and re-evaluation of previous...The members were set up in the more representative west and central parts of the basin; they have been designed
Book
OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE URASSI C COAS T Dorset anp East Devon‘s YO Worip HeRrIracE Coast e...Trust JU OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE URASSIC COAST Dorset anp East Devon‘s Wori» Herttage Coast A WALK...Publishing Limited The Studio, Puddletown Road, Wareham, Dorset BH20 6AE as ssaros whewcoastal © Jurassic Coast...Charmouth — Discovering Fossils Around West Bay — West Dorset Cliffs . . . . . . . . . Chesil and The..... 1... .;... ... 64 ar sames‘s racace The Dorset and East Devon Coast has been known for years as
Report (chapter)
1Department o f Geology, Imperial College, London, UK 2 Present address." Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij...London S W 1 X 7HY, UK Abstract: The north margin of the Channel Basin is defined in Dorset and the Isle of...crosses the eastern edge of a Triassic salt basin (Dorset Halite, Upper Triassic Mercia Mudstone Group) near...strike-slip faults such as the Mangerton Fault. The Dorset Halite is a complex sequence of halite and mudstone...the Dorset Halite Formation. The northern margin of the Channel Basin is exposed in south Dorset and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
April Albian and Cenomanian North-East of the Mid-Dorset SweU Members travelling by car visited a series...and the Cenomanian of South-West England; P. V. O. Drummond, The Mid-Dorset Swell, Evidence of Albian-Cenomanian...The Correlation of the Lower Chalk of South-East England (Proc. Geol, Ass., 80, 1969, 459-560), which dealt...OTHERS Friday, 4 April Albian and Cenomanian West of the Mid-Dorset Swell Snowdon Hill, Chard (ST 313089)...Saturday, 5 April Keuper, Rhaetic and Lower Lias West of Lyme Regis The party walked westward from Axmouth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CORRELATION OF THE UPPER PURBECK BEDS OF ENGLAND WITH THE GERMAN WEALDEN F. W. ANDERSON (Distinguished...Certain ostracod species in the Upper Purbeck of England show a succession of morphological changes which...those described by Wolburg from the Wealden of North-West Germany. Thus stage by stage correlation is possible... and it is shown that the Upper &beck Beds in England correspond to most of the German Wealden W3 together...throughout much of the zone they occur together. In the Bridport & Yeovil Memoir Anderson adopted Sylvester-Bradley’s
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of south-east Somerset. Geoscience in south-west England, 11, 73-81. Provincial spas developed at the...Virgin Mary. Holy wells are widespread in south-west England and some hundreds have been described from Cornwall...different establishments. Overall the south-west of England missed out on the boom in spa-building which...reason for this was the isolation of this part of England in the late 17th Century, when wheeled traffic...development of seven mineral water sources in south-west Somerset. The geochemical characteristics of these
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in south-west England, 11, 214-221. The coastal sections in the cliffs to the east and west of Sidmouth...sections around Sidmouth form a key part of the Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site and are...George Maton, travelled extensively in southwest England, visiting Sidmouth. His geological observations...a Mineralogical Map of the Western Counties of England, which was in effect one of the first regional...east and argillaceous gritstone and loam to the west. The first agricultural survey (Fraser, 1794) added
Book
ZigZag Chalk (10- 30): firm white chalk 40-70 West Melbury Marl y ChaJk (3- 55): soft ma rl y chal...scenery reflects the underlying geology. Successive west-facing escaq)Inents are formed by the Inferior Oolite...CONTRIBUTORS Memoir for I :50 000 Geological Sheet 297 (England and \,\Tales) BiostratigrajJh)' and sedimentolog;y...vlemoir ofthe British Geological Survey, Sheet 297 (England and vVales). Authors C R Bristow, BSc, PhD C wl...Group 22 Isopac.hyte rnap of tJ1e Lias Group and Bridport Sands 23 Outcrop and isopachyte map of the Inferior
Report (chapter)
at the western margin of the basin (east Devon to west Somerset) and from cores and drill-chippings from...mudstones and siltstones. At outcrop in Devon and west Somerset, the Sherwood Sandstone consists of a lower...replacement cements), sulphate (mainly anhydrite, minor gypsum), or less commonly silica, K-feldspar or albite...was also noted in a confidential borehole 15 km west of Winterborne Kingston. The early dolomite is believed...presently unresolved. Early eodiagenetic anhydrite and gypsum that formed in the basin depocentre may have provided
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Purbeck of Dorset By PHILIP R. BROWN (PLATES XXXVI, XXXVII) ABSTRACT The basal Purbeck of Dorset includes...stromatolites. Petrographic evidence of anhydrite, gypsum, and celestine suggests evaporitic conditions during...other fauna. INTRODUCTION THE basal Purbeck of Dorset has long aroused interest by reason of the cycad...Purbeck, while petrographic evidence of anhydrite, gypsum, and celestine, and regional correlation with basal...surface leaching has led to hydration, and removal of gypsum by solution, in part, perhaps, during the formation
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND AND WALES Geology of the Country around Bridport and Yeovil (Explanation...covered by the One-inch New Series Sheets 327 (Bridport) and 312 (Yeovil). It is part of the Old Series... . . LIST OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PHOTOGRAPHS .. Bridport Sheet (327), 224. Yeovil Sheet (312), 226. INDEX...21. Sketch-map showing the area covered by the Bridport and .. Yeovil sheets and the principal geological...the prin.. .. .. cipal folds and faults in the Bridport area Vertical section of the Shales-with-Beef
Book
Chalk (20-50): firn1 white chalk_ __ ---Lower Chalk West = Melbu1y CJ ,alk (0-16): soft 1narlv cl1alk Melbt1rv...aroun Memoir for 1 :50 000 geological sheet 313 (England and Wales) C()NTRIBUTORS Biostratigraphy DKGraham...Memoir of the British Geological Survey, Sheet313 (England and Wales). Authors CR Bristo\\r, BSc, PhD CM Barton...4th edition Memoirs Salisbury (sheet 298),1903* Bridport and Yeovil (sheets312 and327), 1958 Ringwood (sheet314)...(sheet329),1991 Water supply Wells and springs of Dorset, 1916* M..-\PS 1:584 000 Tectonic map of Great
Book
mudstone, brownish red and reddish brown, with some gypsum a nd minor sandstone beds W~JTJll WAS foRMATION...Geological Survey. 1:50 000 Sheet 311 Wellington (England and Wa les). SouVENER, R © NERC 2014 All rights...1logka1 Surw)) Kcy,.,orth, ..-,umil ipr€bgs.a<.:.uk. You may quote extracts of -;.-i rt:...Upper Greensand 15 6 Quaternary provinces of the UK 19 7 Fault network 1napped within the Wellington...covered by 1:50 000 scale geological Sheet 311 (England and Wales). It also provides directions to further
 
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