So, what is Botanical Beach? Botanical Beach is located on Vancouver Island and it's considered a "natural jewel" in Juan de Fuca Provincial Park. Filled with lovely sceneries, animal/plant life and of course, incredible geology! These are some of the things that you'll find while visiting Botanical Beach. Enjoy!
Weathering and mass wasting
Weathering is the breaking down of rocks due to exposure to the elements such as water (rain, the waves etc). On the other hand, mass wasting, also known as slope movement is when soil moves downslope, due to the force of gravity.
Both of the above pictures could also be categorised as coastal landforms as the result of wave action during high tides!
The impact of rivers or streams on the area
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You may see a lot of these during your visit to Botanical Beach. These small pools or streams of water have a high concentration of iron, which makes the water turn this colour. You may also find that some rocks have been affected shaped as a result of weathering from these streams or pools of water.
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Another example of what could be the impact of streams of water on igneous rocks.
Work of glacial ice
Both of these images show a big piece of a sandstone rock that was probably the result of glacials melting and/or pushing these rocks to where they are now. This is called plucking.
wave action
some other types of rocks!
Sedimentary rocks: SHALE
Dark/Black colour and breaks off in layers
Dark/Black colour and breaks off in layers
Igneous rocks: GRANITE
Continental crust - less dense than oceanic crust, lighter in colour, often speckled
Continental crust - less dense than oceanic crust, lighter in colour, often speckled
Metamorphic rocks: QUARTZ
Large, white coloured crystals, often found in granite
Large, white coloured crystals, often found in granite
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