marine processes: erosion

Question 1

what is erosion?

Answer 1

removal of sediment from a coastline

Question 2

what is corrasion?

Answer 2

sand and pebbles picked up by the sea from an offshore sediment sink and hurled against a cliff at high tide

Question 3

what is corrosion?

Answer 3

mildly acidic seawater causing alkaline rock to erode

Question 4

what is wave quarrying?

Answer 4

breaking waves hit the cliff face exert a pressure up to 30 tonnes per m ². . The force of the breaking wave hammers the rocks surface, shaking and weakening it

Question 5

what is wave quarrying similar to but why are they different

Answer 5

hydraulic action

but acts with significantly more pressure to directly pull away rocks from a cliff face

Question 6

basic erosion

Answer 6

hydraulic action
abrasion
attrition
solution

and
corrosion
corrasion
wave quarrying