raised beach

King's Cave on the south west coast is an example of such a raised beach.

This fact must obviously be taken into account in the interpretation of raised beaches.

The village lies on the line of a prehistoric raised beach.

There are also raised beaches at 18 and 30 metres above current sea level.

Raised beaches, many kilometers from any water, mark the former boundaries of the lake at various times.

It was formed where isostatic change resulted in a raised beach.

Shore platforms and possibly raised beach elements are also found in Lewis.

We established our field of operations in this area, on a flat shelf not unlike a raised beach.

"I believe it is a raised beach," Peril said.

The island is largely of schist and slate with the lower ground to the west as a raised beach.

It runs below a raised beach, evidence that in ages past the waters of the loch were higher than they are today.

There were many of these raised beaches on the island, formed when the glaciers retreated after the last ice age.

It is built on a raised beach.

There are many raised beaches from the Holocene.

The stone arches, raised beaches and caves of the western shores were within touching distance.

Belts of raised beaches are evident where rebound from glacier retreat is most prominent.

There have certainly been sea level changes since then, leaving raised beaches at many points along the exposed coasts of both continent and islands.

Rockfield is generally east-facing, below the level of a raised beach.

Melting ice since the last glacial period has resulted in the preservation of a superb raised beach sequence.

There are several types of superficial deposit, including raised beaches and brickearth.

Evidence of higher sea-levels in the past can be seen at Marazion where the town is built on a raised beach.

Cumbrae's western coastline has fine examples of raised beaches.

The south east peninsula tends to be lower lying, with a small plain along the south coast, consisting of raised beaches.

The two raised beaches at Portland created 210,000 and 125,000 years ago are a dramatic testament to the fluctuations in sea levels.

The lake's southern end extends close to the sea where it is dammed by the gravel and sand of old earthquake raised beaches.