Which mechanism causes increased mass wasting along coastlines featuring sea stacks?

💡 Explanation

Wave refraction around sea stacks concentrates wave energy on adjacent shorelines, leading to increased erosion; because the increased erosion undercuts cliffs and destabilizes slopes, therefore mass wasting increases, rather than uniform erosion, isostatic adjustments, or haline-driven phenomena.

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