Wave-Cut Platform

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030207",
  "term": "Wave-Cut Platform",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A gently sloping surface produced by wave erosion, which extends into the sea or lake from the base of the wave-cut cliff. When subaqueous, they are relict, erosional landforms that originally formed as a wave-cut bench and abrasion platform (from coastal wave erosion), which were later submerged by rising sea level or subsiding land surface (modified from Jackson 1997).",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/wave-cut-platform/"
}