Coastal erosion on Rügen
by David Tanner, Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Hannover, Germany
The beautiful and dangerous path on the east coast of the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea. The chalk coastline of Rügen is being eroded at an incredible pace, so that forest is dragged in to the sea and forest paths have to be constantly moved backwards.
Taken on 8
October
2013
Submitted on 29 Feb 2016
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- Europe (3484)
- Western Europe (687)
- Germany (237)
- Exact location (13.6781 E, 54.5462 N)
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limestone, coastal erosion, chalk, rügen
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Credit: David Tanner (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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