Coastal erosion

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Hydraulic Power The sheer power of waves when they smash into a cliff
Attrition Rock fragments carried by the sea knock into one another causing them to become smaller and more rounded
Abrasion This is the 'sandpapering' effect of pebbles grinding over a rocky platform making it smooth
Corrasion Fragments of rock are picked up and hurled at a cliff by the sea
Solution Some rocks are dissolved by seawater. e.g limestone and chalk
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