You are standing above a 20 m high sea cliff with a large beach below you. All around you is a flat surface with thin soil on a rocky base. In the distance you see another flat bench but it is about 30 m higher than you are. Where are you?
A) on an uplifted wave- cut terrace along an emergent coastline
B) on a dune field behind an active shoreline
C) on a subsiding coastline where a recent earthquake happened to uplift the seabed
D) You must be on the moon; there is nothing like that on Earth.

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The fact that there is a sea cliff and a large beach below suggests that the area was previously underwater and has been uplifted. The flat surface with thin soil on a rocky base is a characteristic of a wave-cut terrace. The distance sighting of another flat bench that is 30 m higher suggests that this is also another terrace at a higher level than the one you are currently standing on.

You Are Standing Above a 20 M High Sea Cliff