The cliff exposures along the Dorset and East Devon coast, on the English Channel coast of southern England, named also Jurassic Coast, provide an almost continuous sequence of rock formations spanning the Mesozoic Era, or some 185 million years of the earth's history, reason for which was included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001. The area's important fossil sites and classic coastal geomorphologic features have contributed to the study of earth sciences for over 300 years.
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