Post on 06-Feb-2018
Hinterland geology and coastal geomorphology
Map 8: Elephant Rock to Montrose.Foreshore: Rocks/cliffs little subject to erosion from Elephant Rock to
Fishermens Hall; developed beach, fine and coarse sand at MontroseBay.
Coast edge: Elephant Rock to Fishermens Hall: >5mOD. Low cliffs with wave cutplatform. Platform widest (100m - 200m) between Usan and ScurdieNess. Breach in the rock platform with boulder beach at UsanHarbour; boulder beaches at base of cliff south of Scurdie Ness. Westof Scurdie Ness, along the southern edge of the inlet to the MontroseBasin, the rock platform narrows and is boulder strewn.Montrose Bay South:
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TillRaised beach and marine deposits
Blown sand, stable, (can overlie raised beach)Blown sand, unstable, (can overlie raised beach)
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