A lava flow in the 13th century, the Stampa eruption, meets the sea and cools into vesicular basalt. Gas bubbles, called vesicles, are trapped in the rock. The layer lies on an older formation and now forms a low cliff that is collapsed and eroded in places. Congelifraction ( frost shattering ) combined with undercutting of the Stampa layer by the sea has caused this collapse onto the beach platform. The coastline here is subjected to extreme weather and tsunamis. Reykjaness, Iceland | |
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