Science DiY - Coastline near Durdle Door

The coastline near Durdle Door in Dorset. These sedimentary rocks are being eroded by the action of weather and waves. You can see a white spot on the headland in the middle of the picture. This is an arch caused by the sea wearing a path through the softer rock. Eventually the arch will get bigger and bigger before collapsing and leaving a pillar of rock called a stack. This area is very popular with tourists and the white path is now so well worn that it is a metre or more deeper than the surrounding soil.




	The coastline near Durdle Door in Dorset. These sedimentary rocks are being eroded by the action of weather and waves. You can see a white spot on the headland in the middle of the picture. This is an arch caused by the sea wearing a path through the softer rock. Eventually the arch will get bigger and bigger before collapsing and leaving a pillar of rock called a stack. This area is very popular with tourists and the white path is now so well worn that it is a metre or more deeper than the surrounding soil.
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