You Are Standing Above a 20 M High Sea Cliff

Multiple Choice

You are standing above a 20 m high sea cliff with a large beach below you. All around you is a flat surface with thin soil on a rocky base. In the distance you see another flat bench but it is about 30 m higher than you are. Where are you?

A) on an uplifted wave- cut terrace along an emergent coastline
B) on a dune field behind an active shoreline
C) on a subsiding coastline where a recent earthquake happened to uplift the seabed
D) You must be on the moon; there is nothing like that on Earth.