when waves pick up beach material (e.g. pebbles) and hurl them at the base of a cliff.
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What does abrasion do?
when the breaking waves which contain sand and larger fragments erode the shoreline or headland. It is commonly known as the sand paper effect.
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What does hydraulic action do?
When waves hit the base of a cliff air is compressed into cracks. When the wave retreats the air rushes out of the gap. Often this causes cliff material to break away.
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What does attrition do?
when waves cause rocks and pebbles to bump into each other and break up.
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What does corrosion/solution do?
when certain types of cliff erode as a result of weak acids in the sea.
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What does abrasion do?
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when the breaking waves which contain sand and larger fragments erode the shoreline or headland. It is commonly known as the sand paper effect.
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