{"id":482,"date":"2009-01-22T21:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2009\/01\/22\/whitby-the-old-and-the-new\/"},"modified":"2010-10-21T13:37:42","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T17:37:42","slug":"whitby-the-old-and-the-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2009\/01\/22\/whitby-the-old-and-the-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitby – the old and the new"},"content":{"rendered":"

As someone interested in earth processes, one of the great powers of the internet<\/span> is the ability to access quickly images of places in which I am interested. Over the last few years my colleagues and I have been studying rockfall processes at the town of Whitby in N. Yorkshire, which is in NE. England. I thought as a bit of fun I would compare two images of the cliffs in the town. The first, assessed from here<\/a>, was taken in the 1900’s – i.e. a century ago:<\/p>\n

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The second, accessed from here<\/a>, was taken in the last few years:<\/p>\n

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There are several things of interest here. It is important to note that the two images were not taken from quite the same angle -the 2000’s image was taken further from the sea than was the 1900’s one, though there is not much difference. However, there is quite a lot of interest here. First, note the very different beaches between the two images – in the 1900’s image there is very little beach visible, and indeed boats are moored<\/span> by the small pier. Now the beach has encroached into this area, presumably through natural accretion though I guess it could have been artificially<\/span> stocked.<\/p>\n

More interesting, the profile of the cliff has changed dramatically. The cliff a century ago was far less steep, with a large, protruding toe. In the recent image most of this toe has been eroded away, leaving a far steeper profile. Interestingly though the profile of the top of the slope is little changed, except being a little steeper. Presumably as the toe continues to erode<\/span>, and thus the slope to steepen, the rate of erosion at the top will increase, or a large failure<\/span> will occur that will cause the cliff top to erode back a few metres. Fortunately, it is a long way to the abbey and church, and there is little else at the cliff top to worry about unduly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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