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10 Cards in this Set
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Coast interacting factors |
Coastal geology and lithology Climate Nature of tides and waves |
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Simple classification of coastal landscapes |
Concordant/discordant Cliffed, flat, or graded Emergent or submergent |
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Other factors affecting coasts |
High or low energy Erosion or deposition People's management |
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Continual/daily/diurnal |
Eaves and tides continually shape coasts. Constructive and destructive waves - build up and erode. Tired determine where waves hit |
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Human scale |
Erosion, transport, and deposition shape landforms and landscaped that people are familiar with |
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Geological scale |
Cycles of glacial and interglacials raise and lower sea levels and shape coastlines over 100,000s years |
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Concordant |
Geology runs parallel |
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Discordant |
Geology runs perpendicular |
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Cliff |
A steep rock face especially at the edge of a sea |
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Sources of beach sediment |
Marine deposition Aeolian deposits Mass movement from cliffs |
