Active Erosion
by Jennifer Ziesch, State Authority for Mining, Energy and Geology, Hannover, Germany
Water action erodes the cliffs of the Australian coast. The rock formation, which consists of limestone, is shaped by a combination of erosion by sea and weathering. The coast of the Otway Basin in Australia is particularly affected by strong erosion up to two centimeters per year. This photo shows a fresh landslide of the cliff.
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- Climate: Past, Present & Future (680)
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- Oceania (221)
- Australia and New Zealand (208)
- Australia (89)
- Exact location (143.1082 E, -38.6667 S)
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5184 × 3456 px;
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Canon EOS 600D
Taken on 30
October
2013
Submitted on Feb. 26, 2016
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Jennifer Ziesch (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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