Wave and Tide Related

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Wave cut terrace along fault line
Note wave cut terraces. THis si due to the cliff face being up lifted. A known fault lays along the boundry along the cliff edge.
Quarrying of cliff dface
Waves undercut the cliff face causing the cliff to fail and "quarry" blocks fall
Wave cut being formed
Note the "higher" wave cut due to the uplift of the cliff face along a known fault line
Sea Stack
"An isolated pillar-like rocky island or mass near a cliffy shore. detached from a headland by wave erosion assisted by weathering; esp. one showing columnar structure and roughly horizontal stratification." Glossary of Geology 5th Ed

Bay Of Fundy
Look at the differentiall between the people on the left standing near the top of the tidal reach to the people on the right, near the botom of the the tidal low. THe Bay of fundy experience over 49 feet (~15 meters)

Wave Cut formation Tilting, Fogo ISland
Note the undercutting of the rock from wave action

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