When water loses its energy, any sediment it is carrying is deposited. The build-up of deposited sediment can form different features along the coast.

Hard rock such as chalk is more resistant to the processes of erosion. When the softer rock is eroded inwards, the hard rock sticks out into the sea, forming a headland. A wave-cut platform is ...

New images from the North Sea show never-before-seen landforms that were carved by a single, colossal ice sheet 1 million ...

A. & Kleber, M. Erosion, deposition, and the persistence of soil organic matter: mechanistic considerations and problems with terminology. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (2013) doi ...

Grounded ice sheets move sediment around as they grow and shrink, creating erosional and depositional landforms from which scientists can reconstruct a region's glacial past. "When the ice is ...