cliffs - erosion

Question 1

what do cliffs depend on?

Answer 1

cliff profiles depend on geology

Question 2

what does horizontally bedded strata result in?

Answer 2

undercutting by wave actions leads to rockfall; the cliff retreats inland parallel to the coast
- give steep near vertical cliffs

Question 3

what doe sea-ward dipping strata result in?

Answer 3

undercutting by wave action remove basal support; rock layers loosend by weathering slide into the sea long the bedding planes

Question 4

what does land-ward dipping strata result in?

Answer 4

rocks loosend by weathering and wave action are difficult to dislodge; the slope profile is gradually lowered by weathering and mass movement