cliff profiles

Question 1

if the bedding planes are horizontal…

Answer 1

• cliff profile will be stable

- steep cliff face

Question 2

rock that has been lifted with its bedding planes tilted downwards away from coast..

Answer 2

• create a stable cliff profile

- rates of erosion will be slow as cliff is supported by deeper running strata

Question 3

bedding planes that tilt upwards

Answer 3

• have a similar cliff profile to the angle of tilt
• ## due to frequent mass movements that occur when base of cliff is eroded by wave action

Question 4

a cliff profile refers to..

Answer 4

how steep the cliff face is at it’s meeting point with the sea

Question 5

if bedding planes are tilted away..

Answer 5

• creates gravitational pull
• vulnerable to erosion
• severe joints formed by weathering speed the rates of collapse