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6.2.3 Headlands

Headlands form where more resistant rocks are not eroded, but extend somewhat into the sea. Such features may form as the shoreline retreats or when the water level rises to flood or drown irregular coastlines.


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Sea Cave, Arch and Stacks
Sea Cave, Arch and Stacks
Thornbury, W. D.
Principles of Geomorphology.
John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1966.
Sea Cave, Arch and Stacks  Cuspate beaches near Petite Ladeleine, Caspe Penninsula, Quebec. 

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