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Landforms (erosional (Etretat, France (Arch (Marine erosion and subaerial…
Landforms
erosional
stack
Old Harry, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK
cave
Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK
arch
Durdle Door, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK
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Etretat, France
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Headland
Wave refraction, little erosion= small fetch, biological weathering at top, rockfall from top
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Stack
Freeze-thaw, erosion, transportation and deposition
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Isle of purbeck
South coastline
Concordant, SW prevailing wind, hard rock
East coastline
Discordant, Headlands and bays, alternating bands of weak and harder rock
depositional
Barrier islands
North Carolina
series of islands that run parallel to shore, shallow gradient
Tombolo
Chesil Beach, UK
spit joining offshore island to mainland, lagoon behind= the Fleet
Sand dune
Bamburgh Dunes, Northumberland, UK
Offshore bar
Slapton sands, Devon, UK
Spit developed across bay, lagoon behind= slapton ley
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spit
Spurn point, Yorkshire, UK
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Sea level change
Landforms of submergence
Ria
Flooded river valley, isostatic fall, eustatic rise
The Solva, Pembrokeshire, SW Wales
Dalmation coast
Series of parallel Rias, Eustatic rise
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Fjord
Drowned glacial valley, Eustatic rise
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Landforms of emmergence
Raised beach
Uplifting of former beach above sea level, isostatic rebound
Gruinard Bay, Sutherland, Scotland
Marine Platform
Eroded wave cut platform carved out by sea, Eustatic fall
St Govan’s Head, Pembrokeshire, South West Wales