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classifying coasts - Coggle Diagram
classifying coasts
lithology
clastic
crystalline
igneous
metamorphic
sedimentary
tidal range
micro tidal
0-2m
mesotidal
2-4m
macro tidal
4m+
Severn Estuary
drop in height
not distance
wave energy
low
sheltered coasts
limited fetch
low wind speeds
smaller waves
berm
heavier sediment left behind
sorting
high
exposed coasts
prevailaing winds
long fetches
powerful waves
larger backwash
storm ridge
relative sea
level change
emergent
coasts
rising relative to sea level
tectonic uplift
isostatic rebound
Scotland
submergent
coasts
flooded by the sea
rising sea levels
subsiding land
thames estuary
weight of sediment
formation processes
primary
land-based
deposition
rivers
lava flows
secondary
marine erosion
deposition processes
geology
alignment
geological structure
concordant
discordant
dip
landward
seaward