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Coasts Flashcards

1
Q

Concordant Coastline

A

Soft/Hard rock PARALLEL

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2
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BS

A

Between Coastline n Foreshore
Dry
(Berms)

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3
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FS

A

Surf Zone

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4
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NS

A

Breaker zone

Influenced by nearshore currents

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5
Q

OS

A

infinite

Beyond influence of waves

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6
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Dalmation

A

Due rising sea
Valleys run PARALLEL
(e.g. ADRIATIC SEA)

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7
Q

Haff

A

Chesil Beach
MEltwater deposited sand onto outwash plains
rising sea = constructive waves - spits

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8
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Discordant

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Less resistant eroded, coastal shape changes = wave refraction
(e.g. SWANAGE BAY)

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9
Q

Sinks

A

Spit , Sand Dunes , Offshore Bar

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10
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SWASH aligned

A

Wave crest app. PARALLEL to coast

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11
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DRIFT aligned

A

Wave crest Break at ANGLE.

Consistent LSD

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12
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MECHANICAL

A

Freeze Thaw, Salt Weathering

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13
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CHEMICAL

A

Carbonation

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14
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BIOLOGICAL

A

Roots

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15
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SPRING Tide

A

2/Month
EMS Aligned
Extra g

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16
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NEAP Tide

A

MS perpendicular

17
Q

ISOSTATIC

EMERGENT

A

Sea down , Land up.

18
Q

EUSTATIC

SUBMERGENT

A

sea up , land flooded.

19
Q

Rias Formation

A

Funnel shaped estuary
Form when valleys r flooded
Major drainage system

20
Q

Bedding Planes

A

Horizontal cracks. breaks in strata caused by gaps in time due rock formation

21
Q

Joints

A

Fractures caused by contraction as sediments dry

22
Q

FOlds

A

Formed by pressure during tectonic activity

23
Q

Runnell

A

Small beach draining a tidal pool left on beach after HIGH TIDE

24
Q

Berm

A

Terrace of a beach which is formed ABOVE water level at HIGH TIDE

25
Q

Thermal Expansion

A

Ocean absorbs >90% of heat that greenhouse gases trap in the atmosphere

26
Q

IGNeous

A

Cooling of magma
Basalt / Granite
Resistant n Impermeable

27
Q

SEDimentary

A

Compacting of sediments by lithification.
Joints make rock permeable
Chalk / Limestone

28
Q

Inputs

A

Marine Atmospheric Land People

29
Q

METamporhic

A

Change in shape by temp / Pressure
Resistant
Marble

30
Q

Procceses

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