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← GeographyOver decades, which coastal change occurs when differential weathering affects a stack?
A)Formation of arches within stack✓
B)Increased stack vegetation cover
C)Stack cementation by halite crusts
D)Expansion due to ice wedging
💡 Explanation
Arch formation occurs when wave action and erosion preferentially erode weaker layers, exploiting weaknesses inherent to the geology through differential weathering; therefore, arches form rather than even erosion, because of variations in rock resistance.
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