Marine terrace

Japanese: marine terrace(英語表記)marineterrace
Marine terrace

...A stepped plateau (terrace) formed in accordance with past sea levels and distributed near the coast, consisting of a terrace cliff and a flat plateau (terrace surface) in front of it. They are often called marine terraces to emphasize that they were formed by the action of the sea. These landforms were once near sea level and were formed mainly by the erosion of waves, but later rose above the water due to the uplift of land or the fall of sea level and are preserved on land.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Marine Terrace" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…過去の海面に対応して形成され,海岸付近に分布する階段状の台地(段丘)地形で,段丘崖とその前面の平たんな台地面(段丘面)の組合せからなる。海の作用によって形成された段丘であることを強調して,海成段丘marine terraceということも多い。それらの地形は,かつて海面近くにあって,おもに波浪の浸食作用によって形成された海食崖と海食台が,その後陸地の隆起または海面の低下により離水して陸上に保存されているものである。…

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