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Cliffs of Moher, Ireland, September 1999
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Sandstone is more
resistant to erosion than siltstone, and stick out from the
cliff-face compared with the intervening layers of siltstone. One of these
sandstone forms the platform below the path at the viewing point.
The sediments that now form the rock of the
cliffs were originally deposited on an ancient sea-bed some 320 million
years ago. The shore of the sea is quite a distance away to the north.
Rivers flowing off the land deposit their sediment into the sea in a series
of deltas. |
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