abrasion platform

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Noun[edit]

abrasion platform (plural abrasion platforms)

(geology) A sloping or nearly flat bedrock surface extending out from the foot of a marine cliff under shallow water of a breaker (wave) zone, that was created by marine abrasion.

Translations[edit]

sloping or nearly flat bedrock surface extending out from the foot of a marine cliff under shallow water of a breaker (wave) zone

Dutch: abrasieplat n, abrasievlak n
German: Abrasionsplattform f, Abrasionsplatte (de) f
Irish: clár scríobchaithimh m
Portuguese: plataforma de abrasão f

References[edit]

Elements of Physical Geography, 4th Edition. →ISBN

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