The bedrock is dolomite with pH of 7-8, which is 15-24 m below the surface. |
Wave erosion drives the sea cliff landward creating a planar, gently seaward-dipping bedrock platform. |
Big bare spots opened, where whalebacks of naked bedrock reared up and plunged into ponds. |
Blast-enhanced fracturing is a process used at sites with fractured bedrock formations. |
Alteration of the bedrock produces a regolith, the base of which is known as the weathering front. |
Exposed layering is steepest in the northern flanks of the dome where it parallels the outer slopes of the bedrock collar. |