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Coastal processes (PROCESSES OF TRANSPORTATION (Erosion and deposition,…
Coastal processes
PROCESSES OF TRANSPORTATION
Erosion and deposition
Longshore drift
the movement of material along a coast by waves which approach at an angle to the shore but recede directly away from it.
swash and backwash
-solution
-suspension
-traction
-saltation
LANDFORMS OF DEPOSITION
Most common features of coastal deposition
-beaches
-sandpits and tombolos
-lagoons and salt marshes
beaches
processes
-deposition
-longshore drift
-constructive waves
keywords
sand dunes
ridges and runnels
marram grass
berms
storm beaches
sandspits and tombolos
processes
-longshore drift
-depostion
-constructive waves
-wave refraction
keywords
recurved spit
sand dunes
tombolo
sandspit
wave refraction
