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Keywords: Cliff, Terrace, Bedrock, Erosion, Corrasion

Related Terms: Bluff, Bore, Breaker, Butte, Cliff, Couloir, Cuesta, Escarpment, Fiord, Fjord, Hogback, Knoll, Mesa , Scarp, Shelf, Spit, Surf, Trench, Trough, Seamount, Submarine Canyon, Surf Zone, Breakers, Tidal Bore, Haystack, Continental Rise, Continental Shelf, Oceanic Ridge, Sand Bar, Headwall, Mid-Ocean Ridge, Canyon, Coastal Plain, Backshore, Barrier Beach, Seawall, Undercutting, Coastal Erosion, Rockfall, Inselberg, Pediment, Abyssal Plain, Guyot, Sea-Floor Spreading, Sea Stack, U-Shaped Valley, Beach Ridge, Longshore Bar, Cuspate Foreland

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a flat shelf cut by the wave action of the sea extending out from the base of a coastal cliff

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A flat or slightly sloping bedrock surface that forms in the tidal zone. Caused by wave erosion.

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A terrace cut across bedrock by wave erosion. Synonymous with wave-cut terrace.

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A gently sloping surface produced by wave erosion, extending into the sea or lake from the base of the wave-cut cliff. This feature represents both the wave-cut bench and the abrasion platform (Jackson, 1997). Compare - Submerged Wave-Cut Platform.

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A wave-cut platform or marine terrace is the narrow flat area often seen at the base of a sea cliff caused by the action of the waves. It forms after destructive waves hit against the cliff face, causing undercutting between the high and low water marks, mainly as a result of corrasion and hydraulic power, creating a wave-cut notch. This notch then enlarges into a cave.

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