headlands
Rocky shorelines are best typified by the San Juan islands, where bedrock is prevalent along the water’s edge and shorelines lack abundant mobile sediment. Sediment tends to be limited to isolated pocket beaches that exhibit little longshore sediment transport. Some rocky shorelines plunge steeply into deep water and lack a broad nearshore zone. Where rocks are less resistant to erosion and wave action is more significant, rocky shorelines may be fronted by erosional platforms and extensive intertidal ecosystems. Shipman 2008
Relationships
- related to: Coast Salish peoples
- related to: landform
- related to: nearshore chapter update
- related to: non-Indigenous British Columbians
- related to: pwa 2008
- related to: San Juan Islands
Source: headlands on Salish Sea Wiki