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L5b wave cut platforms
- 2. A wave cut platform is made at a place where there is a cliff next to the sea. Destructive waves slowly erodes the cliff by Attrition and Hydraulic Action
- 3. 1 High Tide Low Tide Attrition occurs between high and low tide- rocks are hurled at the base of the cliff.
- 4. 2 Wave Cut Notch Eroded material is now available to take part in Attrition. Cliff is undercut by hydraulic action, leaving it unstable. This leaves a cave. Nothing is supporting the cliff above.
- 5. 3 Cliff retreats Wave Cut Platform- left exposed. Wave Cut Notch The process of Attrition will continueโฆ Cliff is unstable, gravity forces it to collapse.
- 6. 4 Cliff retreat continues over time Wave Cut Platform gets bigger, is eroded smooth by Abrasion.
- 8. Pictures from Google images
- 9. Using the key terms below, produce a four picture storyboard explaining the process that produces a wave cut platform. High Tide Low Tide Wave Cut Notch Attrition Retreat Wave cut platform Cliff collapse Hydraulic action Abrasion
- 10. Using the key terms below, produce a four picture storyboard explaining the process that produces a wave cut platform. High Tide Low Tide Wave Cut Notch Attrition Retreat Wave cut platform Cliff collapse Hydraulic action Abrasion