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Date:	2012-07-23 04:18:32
Blog:	About Geology
URL:	http://geology.about.com/b/2012/07/23/wave-cut-platforms-on-two-coasts.htm

Summary:

On the California coast, where I live, wave-cut platforms are important parts of the landscape. However, they're worldwide features because so many of them were created by eustatic conditions—the state of global sea level. So look around where you live and maybe you'll spot one. But if you live in northern places where ice-age glaciers once sat, the wave-cut platforms in your area may be isostatic ones, which have a history that involves up-and-down movement of the land instead. Learn the difference in the gallery of wave-cut platforms. Eustatic platform, Sonoma County Calif. — Geology Guide photo

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Geographic context:

Location	Country	Latitude	Longitude
California	US	37.2719	-119.27
Sonoma	US	38.4824	-122.925

Keywords:

, California coast, Eustatic platform, Geology Guide photo, global sea level, Guide, ice-age glaciers, important parts, isostatic ones, northern places, Sonoma County Calif, up-and-down movement, wave-cut platforms, worldwide features