Cliffs close cliffA vertical rock face. along the coastline do not erode at the same pace. A cliff is a steep rock face. When a stretch of coastline is formed from different types of rock ...

Hard rock such as chalk is more resistant to the processes of erosion. When the softer rock is eroded inwards, the hard rock sticks out into the sea, forming a headland. A wave-cut platform is ...

Blowouts are erosional dune landforms that are typically trough-, bowl-, or saucer-shaped depressions or hollows formed by wind erosion of a pre-existing sandy substrate or dune (Figures 2 and 3 ...

Understands how physical systems are dynamic and interactive (e.g., the relationships between changes in landforms and the effects of climate such as the erosion of hill slopes by precipitation ...

Scientists are watching this slow erosion very closely ... was that we might be able to use recognition of these kinds of landforms to be an indication of palaeowater stories, depths and ...

Between June and October, this arid subtropical area is swept by strong winds, which transport sediment and cause aeolian erosion on a colossal scale. Consequently, the site presents some of the most ...