| definiton | form of erosion |
| lots of sea water crashes against the land, and air and water are trapped and compressed in rocks and surface cracks. When the sea moves away the air expands explosivly weakening t | |
| is caused by the broken rock fragments battering the land and cliffs and breaking off other pieces of rock | |
| this occurs when rock fragments grind each other down into smaller smottherr pebbles single and finally sand which is later depositted as beaches. | |
| This involves chemical action of the sea on the rock, this often happens with rocks like limestone. | |
| The battering ram action and wieght of pounding waves | |