. Shore processes and shoreline development . er thateverything which affects the shape of the land must also affectthe form of the shoreline produced when the sea surface comesto rest against the land. A land mass may have a great varietyof structures, which will be reflected in the shore forms. Thosestructures may be subjected to several different erosive processes,each of which produces surface forms peculiar to itself, and henceleaves its impress upon the shoreline of submergence. Eacherosive process may be in any stage of its cycle when submer-gence occurs, and the resulting shore feature
. Shore processes and shoreline development . er thateverything which affects the shape of the land must also affectthe form of the shoreline produced when the sea surface comesto rest against the land. A land mass may have a great varietyof structures, which will be reflected in the shore forms. Thosestructures may be subjected to several different erosive processes,each of which produces surface forms peculiar to itself, and henceleaves its impress upon the shoreline of submergence. Eacherosive process may be in any stage of its cycle when submer-gence occurs, and the resulting shore features will vary widelywith the different stages of land form development. The stageof shoreline development reached at any given moment sincesubmergence will, of course, profoundly affect the characteris-tics of the shore. It is essential, therefore, to a clear conception of the charac-teristic features of any shoreline that the description take ac-count of the structure of the land mass, the process or processes 274 DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHORELINE. oL o YOUNG STAGE 275 by which the land mass has been eroded, the stage of land massdissection reached when submergence occurred, and the stageof shoreline development reached since submergence. To saythat the coast of Dalmatia represents a region of foldedmountains, maturely dissected into longitudinal ridges and val-leys by normal stream erosion, and then slightly depressed toform a shoreline of submergence which is now in the youthfulstage of its development, will bring to the hearer who is familiarwith the elementary principles of shoreline development a clearermental picture of the essential characteristics of that shorelinethan could a much longer and more detailed account of indi-vidual bays, peninsulas, islands, and other local definiteness may be given to the mental picture if the ex-planatory description quoted above is made to include a statement
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