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EROSION – TRANSPORTATION - DEPOSITION

 LANDFORMS PRODUCED BY WAVE
EROSION
Headland Bay
• This is a part of • A wide curved inlet
the coastline that
of a sea.
juts out into the
sea and usually
ends in a cliff.
LANDFORMS PRODUCED BY WAVE EROSION

Wave cut notch Wave cut platform

• The foot of the • This is the gently
cliff which is sloping land left on
undercut. the foot of a
retreating cliff.
LANDFORMS PRODUCED BY WAVE EROSION

Cave Arch
• A deep hollow • An opening through
produced by the a rock.
action of the waves
usually at the foot
of a cliff.
LANDFORMS PRODUCED BY WAVE EROSION

Stack
• A pillar for rock
which has been
isolated from the
cliff due to the
erosive nature of
the waves.
WAVE CUT PLATFORM
 Formation of headlands and bays

Sea attacking a coastline The result is that a …..and sheltered bays

of varying resistance will series of headlands form form in the weaker rocks
erode the weaker rock on the harder rocks………
more quickly
 HEADLANDS, BAYS AND BEACHES

• a. Waves attack both sides of a

headland, producing caves;
• b. Sometimes these are eroded right
through the headland to form arches.
• c. When the roof of the arch collapses
it leaves a pillar or stack;
• d. When the stack collapses it leaves a
stump.
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Development of Old Harry
 BLOW HOLES
• Caves develop well in jointed rocks as
bedding planes are open by abrasion
and hydraulic action. If a joint runs
from the cave to the cliff top the
hydraulic action can eventually force
this joint open like a chimney inside
the cliff .
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