Waves driven by ocean winds can cause the sandbars here to shift and change literally by the hour, making conditions hazardous for boats. Weathering and erosion slowly chisel, polish, and buff ...
Federal geologists blame the latest collapse of Highway 1 in Big Sur on a relatively common rockfall caused by weather, waves and gravity that ... vulnerable to coastal erosion in California.
The erosion occurs due to a number of different processes caused by the sea ... when the weight of the cliff above and the force of gravity become too great, the cliff will fall into the sea.