Which outcome occurs when wave refraction focuses energy eroding a headland near a coastal stack formation?

💡 Explanation

Increased stack isolation develops because wave refraction concentrates erosional forces at the headland's base. This weathering mechanism progressively undermines adjacent cliffs forming further stack isolation, therefore intensifying the separation rather than halting deposition rates.

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