Kimmeridge Clay is arguably the most economically important unit of rocks in the whole of Europe, being the major source rock for oil fields in the North Sea hydrocarbon province. It has distinctive physical properties, log responses, and palynological signature.
It is named after the village of Kimmeridge on the Dorset coast of England, where it is well exposed and forms part of the Jurassic CoastWorld Heritage Site. It exists across England, in a band stretching from Dorset in the south-west, north-east to East Anglia.
The Humber Bridge's foundations are in the Kimmeridge Clay deposits under the Humber estuary.
Kimmeridge (pronunciation: /ˈkɪmərᵻdʒ/) is a small village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula on the English Channel coast in Dorset, England. It is situated about 4.5 miles (7.2km) south of Wareham and 7 miles (11km) west of Swanage, in the Purbeck administrative district. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 90.
Kimmeridge is the type locality for Kimmeridge clay, the geological formation that covers most of the parish. Within the clay are bands of bituminous shale, which in the history of the village have been the focus of several attempts to create an industrial centre. An oil well has operated on the shore of Kimmeridge Bay since 1959.
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published: 08 Jun 2017
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE AMMONITES OF THE KIMMERIDGE CLAY
We have numerous different ammonites in the Kimmeridge Clay so this week we are showing off some of our hidden specimens. This also illustrates one of things that makes our collection so important and that is the vast amount of reference material we have collected.
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published: 25 Aug 2022
thalassodraco etchesi: el dragón marino de kimmeridge clay🐬🏴
published: 14 May 2022
Fossil Spotting at Kimmeridge Bay (Also a Look at Clavell Tower)
Let's go fossil spotting at Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset. We'll also climb up to the headland and visit Clavell Tower - also known as Clavell Folly - which was moved inland about 25 metres in 2006 to save it from cliff erosion.
It's not permitted to 'collect' fossils from this location (in this context that means breaking fossils out of the cliffs or rocks above the high tide line (the intertidal zone is crown foreshore, so the normal rules apply to that area - that is, it's OK to collect loose fossils in a responsible manner for personal, non commercial purposes)
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published: 06 Nov 2022
Kimmeridge Bay - Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England
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Kimmeridge Bay is one of the most loved locations on the 95 mile-long Jurassic Coast in Dorset.
The clay cliffs of Kimmeridge Bay are composed of fossil rich mudstones and oil shales which formed approximately 156 million years ago and the rocks that form the bay were laid down a staggering 155 million years ago.
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published: 07 Feb 2021
KIMMERIDGIAN PLANT REMAINS | PLANT FOSSILS
In this weeks video take a brief look into the world of kimmeridgian plants
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published: 13 Oct 2022
Fossil Hunt With Me Along The Jurassic Coast - Kimmeridge - Fossil Friday
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published: 10 Sep 2021
Kimmeridge Bay The Isle of Purbeck Dorset.
Kimmeridge Bay is a bay on the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula on the English Channel coast in Dorset, England, close to and southeast of the village of Kimmeridge, on the Smedmore Estate. The area is renowned for its fossils, with The Etches Collection in the village of Kimmeridge displaying fossils found by Steve Etches in the area over a 30-year period. It is a popular place to access the coast for tourists. To the east are the Kimmeridge Ledges, where fossils can be found in the flat clay beds.
Kimmeridge Bay forms part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The coast is also part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the whole area is part of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Kimmeridge is the type locality for Kimmeridge clay, the geological formation that c...
published: 25 Sep 2019
THE KIMMERIDGIAN SEA FLOOR | INVERTEBRATE FOSSILS | STEVE ETCHES
This week Steve Etches is back discussing some of his collection and in particular, prehistoric life on the sea floor during the Kimmeridgian time period.
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published: 14 Oct 2021
Kimmeridge documentary of the Dorset Jurassic Coast ( School project)
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We have numerous different ammonites in the Kimmeridge Clay so this week we are showing off some of our hidden specimens. This also illustrates one of things th...
We have numerous different ammonites in the Kimmeridge Clay so this week we are showing off some of our hidden specimens. This also illustrates one of things that makes our collection so important and that is the vast amount of reference material we have collected.
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Let's go fossil spotting at Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset. We'll also climb up to the headland and visit Clavell Tower - also known as Clavell Folly - which was mov...
Let's go fossil spotting at Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset. We'll also climb up to the headland and visit Clavell Tower - also known as Clavell Folly - which was moved inland about 25 metres in 2006 to save it from cliff erosion.
It's not permitted to 'collect' fossils from this location (in this context that means breaking fossils out of the cliffs or rocks above the high tide line (the intertidal zone is crown foreshore, so the normal rules apply to that area - that is, it's OK to collect loose fossils in a responsible manner for personal, non commercial purposes)
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Let's go fossil spotting at Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset. We'll also climb up to the headland and visit Clavell Tower - also known as Clavell Folly - which was moved inland about 25 metres in 2006 to save it from cliff erosion.
It's not permitted to 'collect' fossils from this location (in this context that means breaking fossils out of the cliffs or rocks above the high tide line (the intertidal zone is crown foreshore, so the normal rules apply to that area - that is, it's OK to collect loose fossils in a responsible manner for personal, non commercial purposes)
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Kimmeridge Bay, Jurassic Coast -
https://viewbritain.com/england/how-to-spend-a-day-at-kimmeridge-bay
Kimmeridge Bay is one of the most loved locations on the...
Kimmeridge Bay, Jurassic Coast -
https://viewbritain.com/england/how-to-spend-a-day-at-kimmeridge-bay
Kimmeridge Bay is one of the most loved locations on the 95 mile-long Jurassic Coast in Dorset.
The clay cliffs of Kimmeridge Bay are composed of fossil rich mudstones and oil shales which formed approximately 156 million years ago and the rocks that form the bay were laid down a staggering 155 million years ago.
Visit https://viewbritain.com/
for more unique travel recommendations in Britain with detailed pictures, how to get here, facilities and things to see guides.
Music:
Summer Days by Kai Engel
Kimmeridge Bay, Jurassic Coast -
https://viewbritain.com/england/how-to-spend-a-day-at-kimmeridge-bay
Kimmeridge Bay is one of the most loved locations on the 95 mile-long Jurassic Coast in Dorset.
The clay cliffs of Kimmeridge Bay are composed of fossil rich mudstones and oil shales which formed approximately 156 million years ago and the rocks that form the bay were laid down a staggering 155 million years ago.
Visit https://viewbritain.com/
for more unique travel recommendations in Britain with detailed pictures, how to get here, facilities and things to see guides.
Music:
Summer Days by Kai Engel
In this weeks video take a brief look into the world of kimmeridgian plants
and some of the amazing fossils in our reserve collection.
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In this weeks video take a brief look into the world of kimmeridgian plants
and some of the amazing fossils in our reserve collection.
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In this weeks video take a brief look into the world of kimmeridgian plants
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Kimmeridge Bay is a bay on the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula on the English Channel coast in Dorset, England, close to and southeast of the village of Kimmeridge...
Kimmeridge Bay is a bay on the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula on the English Channel coast in Dorset, England, close to and southeast of the village of Kimmeridge, on the Smedmore Estate. The area is renowned for its fossils, with The Etches Collection in the village of Kimmeridge displaying fossils found by Steve Etches in the area over a 30-year period. It is a popular place to access the coast for tourists. To the east are the Kimmeridge Ledges, where fossils can be found in the flat clay beds.
Kimmeridge Bay forms part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The coast is also part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the whole area is part of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Kimmeridge is the type locality for Kimmeridge clay, the geological formation that covers most of the area. Within the clay are bands of bituminous shale. An oil well has operated on the shore of Kimmeridge Bay since 1959. The bay is roughly semi-circular, facing southwest. It is backed by low cliffs of Kimmeridge clay, and beneath the cliffs is a large wave-cut platform and a rocky shore with rock pools and attendant ecology. Kimmeridge Bay is a surfer and diver area. The Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve and Fine Foundation Marine Centre are located here.
The geology of the area around Kimmeridge Bay is world-renowned. It comprises bedrock formed in the Late Jurassic epoch, overlain in many places by superficial Quaternary head deposits. The bedrock is mostly Kimmeridge clay, except for the top of Smedmore Hill and along to Swyre Head, which is formed from Portland stone. Between this and the Kimmeridge clay, and outcropping just beneath the top of the hill, is a thin band of Portland sand. Landslip deposits from the Portland stone cover most of the steep southwest-facing slopes of the hills. Within the Kimmeridge clay are bands of bituminous shale and dolomite, which form flat ledges within Kimmeridge Bay that are exposed at low tide.
Kimmeridge gives its name to the Kimmeridgian, the division of the Jurassic period in which the beds were laid down, because of the quality of the cliffs and the fossils they yield. Kimmeridge is also the type locality for the Jurassic age Kimmeridge Clay formation, which is well represented in southern England, and provides one of the source rocks for hydrocarbons found in the Wessex and North Sea Basins.
The Kimmeridge Oil Field is northwest of Kimmeridge Bay. On the cliff west of the village is the Perenco "nodding donkey" oil pump which has been pumping continually since the late 1950s, making it the oldest working oil pump in the UK. The well currently yields around 65 barrels per day (10.3m3/d) from the Middle Jurassic strata that lie around 1,150 feet (350m) below the cliff. The well has been operating for this long because it has tapped into a network of connected reserves; however the yield is decreasing year on year. The oil is transported by tanker to the Perenco site at Wytch Farm from whence it is piped to the main refinery on Southampton Water.
Kimmeridge Bay is a surfing area which breaks infrequently due to its lack of exposure to Atlantic Ocean swells, but can produce walls of water in the right conditions. Below the cliffs to the east are the Kimmeridge Ledges, with slow left- and right-hand breaking waves; the right-handers can spiral for 70 yards (64m) or more into the bay. To the west is the Broad Bench promontory, within the Ministry of Defence firing range and only accessible when the ranges are open to the public.
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Behold the Sun By Topher Mohr and Alex Elena
Kimmeridge Bay is a bay on the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula on the English Channel coast in Dorset, England, close to and southeast of the village of Kimmeridge, on the Smedmore Estate. The area is renowned for its fossils, with The Etches Collection in the village of Kimmeridge displaying fossils found by Steve Etches in the area over a 30-year period. It is a popular place to access the coast for tourists. To the east are the Kimmeridge Ledges, where fossils can be found in the flat clay beds.
Kimmeridge Bay forms part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The coast is also part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the whole area is part of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Kimmeridge is the type locality for Kimmeridge clay, the geological formation that covers most of the area. Within the clay are bands of bituminous shale. An oil well has operated on the shore of Kimmeridge Bay since 1959. The bay is roughly semi-circular, facing southwest. It is backed by low cliffs of Kimmeridge clay, and beneath the cliffs is a large wave-cut platform and a rocky shore with rock pools and attendant ecology. Kimmeridge Bay is a surfer and diver area. The Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve and Fine Foundation Marine Centre are located here.
The geology of the area around Kimmeridge Bay is world-renowned. It comprises bedrock formed in the Late Jurassic epoch, overlain in many places by superficial Quaternary head deposits. The bedrock is mostly Kimmeridge clay, except for the top of Smedmore Hill and along to Swyre Head, which is formed from Portland stone. Between this and the Kimmeridge clay, and outcropping just beneath the top of the hill, is a thin band of Portland sand. Landslip deposits from the Portland stone cover most of the steep southwest-facing slopes of the hills. Within the Kimmeridge clay are bands of bituminous shale and dolomite, which form flat ledges within Kimmeridge Bay that are exposed at low tide.
Kimmeridge gives its name to the Kimmeridgian, the division of the Jurassic period in which the beds were laid down, because of the quality of the cliffs and the fossils they yield. Kimmeridge is also the type locality for the Jurassic age Kimmeridge Clay formation, which is well represented in southern England, and provides one of the source rocks for hydrocarbons found in the Wessex and North Sea Basins.
The Kimmeridge Oil Field is northwest of Kimmeridge Bay. On the cliff west of the village is the Perenco "nodding donkey" oil pump which has been pumping continually since the late 1950s, making it the oldest working oil pump in the UK. The well currently yields around 65 barrels per day (10.3m3/d) from the Middle Jurassic strata that lie around 1,150 feet (350m) below the cliff. The well has been operating for this long because it has tapped into a network of connected reserves; however the yield is decreasing year on year. The oil is transported by tanker to the Perenco site at Wytch Farm from whence it is piped to the main refinery on Southampton Water.
Kimmeridge Bay is a surfing area which breaks infrequently due to its lack of exposure to Atlantic Ocean swells, but can produce walls of water in the right conditions. Below the cliffs to the east are the Kimmeridge Ledges, with slow left- and right-hand breaking waves; the right-handers can spiral for 70 yards (64m) or more into the bay. To the west is the Broad Bench promontory, within the Ministry of Defence firing range and only accessible when the ranges are open to the public.
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This week Steve Etches is back discussing some of his collection and in particular, prehistoric life on the sea floor during the Kimmeridgian time period.
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This week Steve Etches is back discussing some of his collection and in particular, prehistoric life on the sea floor during the Kimmeridgian time period.
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This week Steve Etches is back discussing some of his collection and in particular, prehistoric life on the sea floor during the Kimmeridgian time period.
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We have numerous different ammonites in the Kimmeridge Clay so this week we are showing off some of our hidden specimens. This also illustrates one of things that makes our collection so important and that is the vast amount of reference material we have collected.
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Let's go fossil spotting at Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset. We'll also climb up to the headland and visit Clavell Tower - also known as Clavell Folly - which was moved inland about 25 metres in 2006 to save it from cliff erosion.
It's not permitted to 'collect' fossils from this location (in this context that means breaking fossils out of the cliffs or rocks above the high tide line (the intertidal zone is crown foreshore, so the normal rules apply to that area - that is, it's OK to collect loose fossils in a responsible manner for personal, non commercial purposes)
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Kimmeridge Bay is one of the most loved locations on the 95 mile-long Jurassic Coast in Dorset.
The clay cliffs of Kimmeridge Bay are composed of fossil rich mudstones and oil shales which formed approximately 156 million years ago and the rocks that form the bay were laid down a staggering 155 million years ago.
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In this weeks video take a brief look into the world of kimmeridgian plants
and some of the amazing fossils in our reserve collection.
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Kimmeridge Bay is a bay on the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula on the English Channel coast in Dorset, England, close to and southeast of the village of Kimmeridge, on the Smedmore Estate. The area is renowned for its fossils, with The Etches Collection in the village of Kimmeridge displaying fossils found by Steve Etches in the area over a 30-year period. It is a popular place to access the coast for tourists. To the east are the Kimmeridge Ledges, where fossils can be found in the flat clay beds.
Kimmeridge Bay forms part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The coast is also part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and the whole area is part of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Kimmeridge is the type locality for Kimmeridge clay, the geological formation that covers most of the area. Within the clay are bands of bituminous shale. An oil well has operated on the shore of Kimmeridge Bay since 1959. The bay is roughly semi-circular, facing southwest. It is backed by low cliffs of Kimmeridge clay, and beneath the cliffs is a large wave-cut platform and a rocky shore with rock pools and attendant ecology. Kimmeridge Bay is a surfer and diver area. The Purbeck Marine Wildlife Reserve and Fine Foundation Marine Centre are located here.
The geology of the area around Kimmeridge Bay is world-renowned. It comprises bedrock formed in the Late Jurassic epoch, overlain in many places by superficial Quaternary head deposits. The bedrock is mostly Kimmeridge clay, except for the top of Smedmore Hill and along to Swyre Head, which is formed from Portland stone. Between this and the Kimmeridge clay, and outcropping just beneath the top of the hill, is a thin band of Portland sand. Landslip deposits from the Portland stone cover most of the steep southwest-facing slopes of the hills. Within the Kimmeridge clay are bands of bituminous shale and dolomite, which form flat ledges within Kimmeridge Bay that are exposed at low tide.
Kimmeridge gives its name to the Kimmeridgian, the division of the Jurassic period in which the beds were laid down, because of the quality of the cliffs and the fossils they yield. Kimmeridge is also the type locality for the Jurassic age Kimmeridge Clay formation, which is well represented in southern England, and provides one of the source rocks for hydrocarbons found in the Wessex and North Sea Basins.
The Kimmeridge Oil Field is northwest of Kimmeridge Bay. On the cliff west of the village is the Perenco "nodding donkey" oil pump which has been pumping continually since the late 1950s, making it the oldest working oil pump in the UK. The well currently yields around 65 barrels per day (10.3m3/d) from the Middle Jurassic strata that lie around 1,150 feet (350m) below the cliff. The well has been operating for this long because it has tapped into a network of connected reserves; however the yield is decreasing year on year. The oil is transported by tanker to the Perenco site at Wytch Farm from whence it is piped to the main refinery on Southampton Water.
Kimmeridge Bay is a surfing area which breaks infrequently due to its lack of exposure to Atlantic Ocean swells, but can produce walls of water in the right conditions. Below the cliffs to the east are the Kimmeridge Ledges, with slow left- and right-hand breaking waves; the right-handers can spiral for 70 yards (64m) or more into the bay. To the west is the Broad Bench promontory, within the Ministry of Defence firing range and only accessible when the ranges are open to the public.
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This week Steve Etches is back discussing some of his collection and in particular, prehistoric life on the sea floor during the Kimmeridgian time period.
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Kimmeridge Clay is arguably the most economically important unit of rocks in the whole of Europe, being the major source rock for oil fields in the North Sea hydrocarbon province. It has distinctive physical properties, log responses, and palynological signature.
It is named after the village of Kimmeridge on the Dorset coast of England, where it is well exposed and forms part of the Jurassic CoastWorld Heritage Site. It exists across England, in a band stretching from Dorset in the south-west, north-east to East Anglia.
The Humber Bridge's foundations are in the Kimmeridge Clay deposits under the Humber estuary.
The skull is now on display at the Etches Collection in Kimmeridge, Dorset, with Steve Etches describing it as "one of, if not the most important specimen ever to come out from the Kimmeridge clay, ...
Steve Etches has always been fascinated by the world around him. Originally a plumber by trade, he began collecting fossils from the KimmeridgeClay over 40 years ago. × This page requires Javascript ...Please enable it in your browser settings ... ....
“The fossils, which come from the KimmeridgeClay Formation, were originally discovered during excavations at WarrenFarm in Oxfordshire,” it said. They were unearthed from a deposit dated around 152 million years ago during the late Jurassic ... .
Advertisement ... Advertisement. The fossils (there are four of them in total) are vertebrae that belonged to a species of pliosaur that was originally found in the KimmeridgeClay Formation, which dates to the Late Jurassic period ... Image credit ... .
His expertise comes from four decades of tireless spare-time fossil hunting, focused (unusually) on the dark, forbidding rubble of the late-Jurassic rock formation known as the KimmeridgeClay.
Its fossilized remains were collected from the lower part of the marine KimmeridgeClay Formation in Dorset in England... the Kimmeridge Clay Formation in left lateral view, showing the preserved bones.
Kimmeridge clay may be named after a village in Dorset, but it’s one of the reasons why some of France’s most revered wine regions, including Champagne, the Loire Valley and Chablis, produce world-beating wines.