4338 x 2817 px | 36,7 x 23,9 cm | 14,5 x 9,4 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
31 maggio 2011
Ubicazione:
Trimingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
Altre informazioni:
The cliffs of North and East Norfolk, particularly here at Trimingham, are composed largely of sand, gravel, clay, and other debris left behind by glaciers of the last Ice Age. This mixture of soft deposits erodes very quickly. The top part of the cliff is vertical, where large blocks of clay and sand have broken away, and the lower part is usually a slope formed of slumps and slides of clay, sand, and gravel. High tides, particularly in winter, rapidly remove such slumped material from the foot of the cliff on the beach and further slumps starts the process all over again. Other contributors to cliff erosion include wind, which dries and blows out sand, and water, which leaches out in the cliff face causing mud slides and slumps.
