Coastal Rock Formations Villasinee Kongsomboonvech

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Coastal Rock Formations Villasinee
Kongsomboonvech

• Yehliu, Taiwan
• Sea-eroded platform
• Flat layer of rock _at_ sea level
• Bit of coastline eroded away causing the scarps
  to draw further back from the sea
• Scarps low steep slope along a beach caused by
  wave erosion

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Yehliu, Taiwan

• Cape composed of thick sandstone that contains
  mud, clay, iron
• Other layers contain calcium which do not erode
  as easily
• Allowed stones to acquire their unique shapes
• 3 categories of shapes

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Yehliu, Taiwan

• Mushroom

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Yehliu, Taiwan

• Candleholder

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Yehliu, Taiwan

• Arc shaped
• Cleopatra

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Koh Samui, Thailand

• Granite boulders
• Legend has it an old couples boat was wrecked in
  the bay their bodies washed upon the shore to
  form the rocks
• Natural phallic rock formations

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Koh Samui, Thailand

• Grandfather rock

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Koh Samui, Thailand

• Grandmother rock