Which mechanism causes increased slumping when stacks collapse?

💡 Explanation

Wave energy blocked by a stack is dissipated. Removal of that barrier by collapse increases the wave energy reaching the cliffs behind the stack, driving hydraulic action; therefore collapses trigger slumping rather than other sedimentary processes.

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