Emergent coastlines are being produced by post-glacial adjustment. These are parts of the littoral zone where a fall in sea level exposed land once part of the sea bed. They have landforms reflecting the previous sea levels.
Raised beaches with fossil cliffs
As the land rose as a result of isostatic recovery, former shoreline platforms and their beaches were raised above the present sea level.
For example, the Isle of Arran, Scotland
Wave cut platforms
The narrow, flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay or sea that was created by erosion
For example, Seven Sisters, Sussex
Cave, arch, stack, stump
Features of past coastal erosion that are now well above the active coastal zone
For example, they are common on the west coast of Scotland as a result of isostatic recovery
