Caption

Rapid coastal erosion of soft cliffs between Benacre and Kessingland on the Suffolk coast England. The cliffs were formed by glacial outwash of sands and pebbles which overly older clay strata. This structure of permeable rock over impermeable clay makes the cliff especially prone to slumping and mass movement

Date

Nov 11, 2012

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Ian Murray

Reference

BRK24B57_353

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NA

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License type

Rights managed

Available size

34,5Mb (1,6Mb) / 9,4in x 14,3in / 2805 x 4296 (300dpi)

Keywords

British Cliff coast Coastal Coastal erosion Europe Europe's Mass movement No People North Europe North Sea Northern Europe Pleistocene Rock coast Rocky cliff Suffolk aged beach beaches beachfront big clay cliff cliff line cliffs coast coasts countryside deserted drift elder empty especially fast float floating geologic geological geology glacial gravel great heritage heritages historic historical landscape landscape photo landscape shot landscapes large layer layers move moving nature no one nobody old older open air pattern patterns prehistoric quick rapid rock rock cliff rocks rocky rocky coast rocky coastline rocky shore sand scenery sea senior shore smooth soft special speedy steep cliff steep coast steep coasts stone stones structure structures travel photography uninhabited England ancient civilization ancient civilizations construction material construction materials erosion erosions glacial age glacial period ice age ice ages motion movement movements pebble pebbles sandy stony Britain Great Britain UK United Kingdom