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19 Cards in this Set
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3 main processes acting on a shoreline
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waves, tides, currents
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energy traveling in orbitals coming onto land
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waves
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3 types of tides measured by where they are to the median water level
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supratidal, intratidal, subtidal
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3 types of tides characterized by tidal range
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mesotidal, macrotidal, microtidal
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tide below the median water level
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subtidal
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tide at the median water level
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intratidal
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tide above the median water level
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supratidal
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tide range from 0-2m
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microtidal
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tide range from 2-4m
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mesotidal
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tide range above 4m
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macrotidal
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current formed from the obliqu angle of the wind to the shore
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longshore current
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current where there is a build up of water close to the shore that has to be release
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rip current
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3 levels of beaches
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back-shore, fore-shore, shore-face
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part of the beach above hte high water mark, characterized by large scale trough cross bedding
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back-shore
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swash zone where waves break
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fore-shore
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subtudal portion of the beach
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shore-face
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lowrelief island separated from the beach by a lagoon
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barrier island
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a break in a barrier island letting water exchange between the lagoon and the ocean
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tidal inlet
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mound of sediment found on either side of a tidal inlet
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tidal delta
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