marine-cut terrace

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• Marine terrace — A marine terrace, coastal terrace[1], raised beach or perched coastline is a relatively flat, horizontal or gently inclined surface of marine origin[2], mostly an old abrasion platform which has been lifted out of the sphere of wave activity… …   Wikipedia

• Marine regression — is a geological process occurring when areas of submerged seafloor are exposed above the sea level. The opposite event, marine transgression, occurs when flooding from the sea covers previously exposed land.[1] Evidence of marine regressions and… …   Wikipedia

• Marine architecture — is the design of structures which support ship transport, fishing, coastal management or other marine activities. These structures include harbors, lighthouses, marinas and shipyards …   Wikipedia

• Marine geology of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay — Contents 1 Introduction 2 The geological structure of the region 2.1 Malmesbury group deposition 2.1.1 Appearance of the exposed Malmesbury group rocks …   Wikipedia

• Marine transgression — A marine transgression is a geologic event during which sea level rises relative to the land and the shoreline moves toward higher ground, resulting in flooding. Transgressions can be caused either by the land sinking or the ocean basins filling… …   Wikipedia

• marine terrace — ▪ geology       a rock terrace formed where a sea cliff, with a wave cut platform (q.v.) before it, is raised above sea level. Such terraces are found in California, Oregon, Chile, and Gibraltar and in New Zealand and other islands of the Pacific …   Universalium

• terrace, marine —       a rock terrace formed where a sea cliff, with a wave cut platform (q.v.) before it, is raised above sea level. * * * …   Universalium

• marine terrace — noun : a terrace formed along a seashore by the merging of wave cut and wave built terraces …   Useful english dictionary

• karstic marine terrace —    A relict, wave cut terrace or solution platform formed across soluble bedrock (e.g., limestone), and subsequently subaerially weathered by solution resulting in prominent karst features (e.g., sinkholes, karst valleys, solution pipes, etc.); a …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• Wave-cut platform — Wave cut platform. In this case, alternating hard and soft layers have been folded up vertically and eroded by the tides, resulting in a regular ripple pattern at the surface. A wave cut platform, or shore platform is the narrow flat area often… …   Wikipedia

• beach terrace —     a) A landform that consists of a wave cut scarp and wave built terrace of well sorted sand and gravel of marine and lacustrine origin.     b) (colloquial: western USA) relict shorelines from pluvial lakes, generally restricted to valley sides …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms