wave-cut platform
Britishnoun
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Where sand supply is low, wave energy may erode a wave-cut platform across the surf zone, exposed as a bare rock with tidal pools at low tide.
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Relatively resistant rock that does not get completely eroded during the formation of a wave-cut platform will remain behind to form a stack.
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Figure 17.12 A wave-cut platform in bedded sedimentary rock on Gabriola Island, B.C.
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The rock surrounding the stack is part of a wave-cut platform.
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A wave-cut platform extends across the intertidal zone.
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