Which mechanism most directly causes detachment of sea stacks?

💡 Explanation

Hydraulic action fractures surrounding sea stacks, because the force of water compresses air within cracks, thus widening fissures; therefore detachment accelerates rather than sediment cohesion because haloclasty is slower and dependent on salt crystallization.

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