A geo, or gio, is a narrow, deep inlet or gully cut into the face of a sea cliff. Geos are common along the coastlines of the Shetland and Orkney islands, where wave driven erosion follows faults and bedding planes in the rock. A geo may carry a sea cave at its inland end, and the collapse of such a cave can extend the geo further or leave a depression in the land behind it.
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In Discipline: Geomorphology, Lead paragraph
A geo or gio (Shaetlan pronunciation: [ɡjoː] GYOH, from Old Norse gjá) is an inlet, a gully or a narrow and deep cleft in the face of a cliff
Caused By: Erosion, Lead paragraph
They are created by the wave driven erosion of cliffs along faults and bedding planes in the rock
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