Geography Cliffs and Wave-cut platforms 10.6
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- Cliffs and wave-cut platforms
- Burton Bradstock Cliff characteristics
- Height:45 metres
- hard Bridport sandstone
- horizontal bedding
- layers of harder rock jutting out
- near-vertical bare rock cliff face
- wave-cut notch at the base
- fallen rocks at the base in some places
- Wave-cut platform characteristics
- Area of bedrock visible at the base of some cliffs
- Slopes gently down to sea at angle of 3-4 degrees
- An overall pitted appearance of bare rock interspersed with rock pools
- Bare rock, smoothed in places by attrition
- Deep cracks in some places
- Barnacles clinging to rock with seaweed
- Pools that form in larger depressions. Shingles, shells and crabs collect there
- Covered at high tide and exposed at low tide
- Formation (see diagram in folder)
- Burton Bradstock Cliff characteristics
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