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 subsiding coastline where a recent earthquake happened to uplift the seabed
C)on a dune field behind an active shoreline
D)You must be on the moon; there is nothing like that on Earth.

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The presence of a 20 m high sea cliff and a large beach below it, along with a flat surface with thin soil and a higher bench in the distance, suggest that the area is an uplifted wave-cut terrace along an emergent coastline. This means that the area was once underwater and the waves eroded the land to create the cliff and the beach. Over time, tectonic uplift caused the land to rise, creating the terrace. The higher bench in the distance may be another wave-cut terrace or a raised beach.

You Are Standing Above a 20 M High Sea Cliff