
Raisis cave
Some info about sea caves:
Sea caves are formed by the power of the ocean attacking zones of
weakness in coastal cliffs. The weak zone is sometimes
a fault, or fractured zone formed during slippage, such
as Raisis cave.
Another type of weak zone
is in sedimentary rocks where a layer of softer rock is interbedded
between harder layers.(see
example)
Yet a third instance is along the
contact zone between dissimilar types of rocks
where one is weaker than the other. Typically this is a dike, or
intrusive vein of more easily eroded rock found within a stronger host
rock.
The cave may begin as a very narrow crack into which
waves can penetrate and exert tremendous force, cracking the rock from
within by both the weight of the water and by compression of air. Sand and
rock carried by waves produce additional erosive power on the cave's
walls.
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