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COAST Enquiry question 2: How do characteristic coastal landforms…
COAST
Enquiry question 2: How do characteristic coastal landforms contribute to coastal landscapes?
WAVE TYPES
(L7)
Constructive waves
Destructive waves
BEACH MORPHOLOGY
(L7)
Summer beach profile
Summer beach profile
EROSIONAL PROCESSES
(L7)
Hydraulic Action (HA)
Abrasion
Attrition
Corrosion
Geology
DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES
(L8)
Sediment transport
traction
saltation
suspension
solution
Longshore drift
Transportation and deposition
low energy coastline: waves carry material along may lose energy, resulting in sediment being deposited,
Landforms
Spits
Beaches (2)
Offshore bars
Barrier beaches (Bars)
Tombolos
Cuspate forelands
Vegetation binding sediment
SUBAERIAL PROCESSES
(L9)
Weathering
Mechanical
: freezethaw, salt crsytallisation, wetting and drying
Chemical
: carbonation, hydrolysis, oxidation
Biological
: plant roots, rock boring, animals
Mass movement
Rock fall
Translational slide
Slump or rotational slide
Topple
Flow