Flambourgh Head

Question 1

Location?

Answer 1

Along Yorkshire Coast of England.

Jutting into the North Sea from the east coast of England.

Question 2

What is the main reason for the formation of the headland?

Answer 2

Made up off chalk a resistant sedimentary rock.

Question 3

Describe the structure of chalk?

Answer 3

Distinctive white colour.
Layers of chalk clearly visible and roughly horizontal.
Vertical cracks run through chalk - joints.

Question 4

What are joints?

Answer 4

Weaknesses in the chalk, readily exploited by the processes of weathering and erosion .

Question 5

Give an example of a major faultline?

Answer 5

Selwick’s bay.

Question 6

What is the sea doing to Flamborough Head?

Answer 6

Eroding and undercutting the base of the cliffs leading to regular rock falls .
Over time cliff retreats forming wave cut platforms and stacks.

Question 7

How do the waves approach the coastline?

Answer 7

They become refracted by the shape of the coast.
Waves curve and have low energy in the bay - deposited beach.
Headlands bear full force of incoming waves.