abrasion platform

Japanese: abrasion platform(英語表記)abrasionplatform
abrasion platform

…Below the cliff that retreats due to wave erosion, a gently sloping surface of bedrock eroded by the waves is left. This is called an abrasion platform, and is the opposite of an abrasion cliff. If the ground is stable, as the erosion progresses, the gently sloping abrasion platform will spread out toward the ocean, resulting in the creation of a continental shelf.

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Japanese:

…この波食によって後退した海崖の下には,波により削られた基盤岩の緩傾斜面が残される。これを波食棚abrasion platformといい波食崖(海崖)とは対である。地盤が安定していれば海食が進むに伴い沖に向かって緩斜する波食棚が広がり,大陸棚をつくる結果になる。…

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