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6.2.5 Caves

Caves form where wave erosion hollows out a cavity in a headland or sea cliff. If the opposite side of the headland is open, then continued erosion may eventually form an arch.


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Sea Cave, Arch and Stacks
Sea Cave, Arch and Stacks
Burchfield, B. Clark; Foster, Robert; Keller, Edward; Melhorn, Wilton; Brookins, Douglas; Mintz, Leigh; Thurman, Harold.
Physical Geology.
Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co., 1982.
Sea Cave, Arch and Stacks  Fingal's Cave, a sea cut cave in a large basaltic lava flow, Scotland. 

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