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Attrition - waves hitting the cliffs knocking little pieces off the cliffsHydraulic action - waves hitting the cliffs causing sea caves
One way waves cause erosion is by forcing pressurized water and compressed air into cracks in the rocks. This causes the cracks to widen and pieces of the material to break off, bit by bit. Waves also cause abrasion when they cause particles move against one another or against the bedrock.
They wear away rock at the base of rocky shorelines.
The two processes are abrasion and plucking.What processes lead to glacial erosion? Describe them.The two main processes that lead to glacial erosion are plucking and abrasion. Plucking is the process by which a glacier picks off rocks as it blocks over the land. The rock fragments freeze to the bottom of the glacier, gouging and scratching the bedrock as the glacier advances in the process of abrasion.
Wave erosion is when ocean waves move sediments and erode the ocean floor.Coastal erosion is when ocean waves generate currents, and when in comes into contact with land, it erodes the land.
abrasion and impact
abrasion and impact
Abrasion and hydraulic action
Abrasion and hydraulic action
The two processes by which waves erode the land are impact and abrasion
Attrition - waves hitting the cliffs knocking little pieces off the cliffsHydraulic action - waves hitting the cliffs causing sea caves
Plucking and Abrasion.
Plucking and Abrasion.
abrasion and plucking.
abrasion and plucking
glacial deposition and glacial erosion
The two processes by which glaciers erode the land are plucking and abrasion.