Geography A-Level
Sub-aerial weathering
What Sub-aerial weathering means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Sub-aerial weathering
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Weathering and mass movement that work alongside marine erosion to shape cliff profiles, and which with gravity eventually cause an arch roof to collapse.
Topics that use Sub-aerial weathering
- Coastal landscape development (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Climate change
- Coastal deposition
- Coastlines of emergence
- Environmental vulnerability
- Eustatic change
- Geological structure and lithology
- Geomorphological processes
- Isostatic change
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