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Lecture 8: Coastal Hazards Flashcards

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Passive Margins

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Coastline is distant from plate boundary

  • wide continental shelves, sandy beaches
  • barrier islands ie: East coast of North America, Arctic
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Active Margins

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Coastline is relatively close to plate boundary

-rocky shoreline and sea cliffs ie: BC

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Waves

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  • made by wind blowing over water

- size depends on !) velocity of wind 2) duration of wind, 3)fetch, which is the distance wind blows over water

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Wave height

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-trough to crest distance

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Wave Length

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Distance between successive crests

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Wave Period

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Time that successive crests pass reference point

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Wave Motion

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Circular motion that moves downward from surface, diameter decreasing with distance as energy is decreasing
-shallow water becomes more eliiptical as it feels the bottom

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Swells

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  • Waves generated by storms far out to sea
  • can be predicted based on velocity, fetch, distance of waves
  • approaching land, waves decrease in speed and wave length, and increase in height
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Plunging Breakers

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form on steep beaches; very erosive

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Spilling Breakers

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develop on wide, gentle beaches, less erosive

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Tidal Bores

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Waves that form when in flowing todal water is slowed by outflowing river water

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Sea CLiff/ Sea Bluff

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Erosional landform that marks landward boundary of beach

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Berm

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Onshore portion of beach that is flat, formed by sediment deposition

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Beach Face

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Onshore portion of beach that slopes seaward, lies within swash zone

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Swash Zone

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Where waves repeatedly rush up and back

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Surf Zone

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Area where waves move towards shore once they break

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Breaker Zone

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area where incoming waves peak and break

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Longshore Bar

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Ridge on seafloor in breaker zone

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Longshore Trough

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Depression on seafloor by wave action, landward of longshore bar

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Beach Drift

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sand moves in zig zag pattern in swash zone

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Longshore drift

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transport sediment by currents that flow parallel to shoreline

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Spits

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ridges that extend parallel to shore from point on land on a coast

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Barrier Islands

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Long narrow islands separated from mainland by bay/lagoon

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Eustasy

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global sea level fluctuations due to melting ice sheets

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Isostasy
Forces that raise or lower the Earth's Crust that change sea levels
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Rip Current
Horizontal Current that flow away from shore | -occurs when water piles up between swash zone and longshore bar; breakage in longshore bar caused water to rush out
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ERosion
Sea Cliffs and bluffs erode with waves, water, landslides | -most intense with high winds/water levels
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Linkages of Coastal Hazards to Other Hazards
EQ, volcanoes, Tsunamis-> affect shoreline FLoods, storm surges, -> erosion Eroding cliffs -> landslides
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NAtural Service Functions of Coastal Hazards
- scenic bluffs/coastlines - beaches maintained with deposition - coasts bring tourists
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Human Interactions with Coasts
-removing sand dunes in barrier islands leaves them vulnerable for storm surges
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Hard Stabilization
1) Sea Wall: protects but causes erosion at base 2) Groin: captures sand from longshore drift but erosion occurs downdrift 3) Break water: protects boats 4) Jetties: protects river mouthes
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Soft Stabilization
-adding sand to nourish beaches
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E-line
expected shoreline after certain number of years
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E-zone
Area between current shoreline and E-line
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Land Use to Minimize Damage
-coastal buildings should be temp. but developers only see money
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Hybrid Disasters
Combination of natural and technological disaster
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Technological Disaster
Human made devices causing disasters, worst is those with industry/transportation
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Cumulative Effects
effects that worsen over time
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Calculating Risk of Large Scale Structures
Probability of failure during lifetime of structure
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Calculating Risk of Transportation
Probability of death/injury per km travelled
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Calculating Risk of Industry
Probability of death/injury per person per hour exposed
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Radon
- comes from decay or Uranium in rock - inhaled it becomes polonium which lodges into lungs and causes damage - colourless, tasteless, odourless
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Radiation
-can be inhaled/ingested -Direct Effects: within days Indirect Effects: mutagenesis to offspring -Delayed Effects: cancer -comes from 1)tailings from mining Uranium, and Nuclear Reactors
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Nuclear Reactor Meltdowns
accident that results in damage from overheating - fuel rods tirn to liquid, walls of reactor core melt - hot liquid melts bottom and seeps into floor/soil
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Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident
- one of two reactors in Pennsylvania had valve break that control coolant - radiation leaked - worst disaster in the U.S... wussys
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Chernobyl Nuclear Accident
- flawed design, operator error, disregard for safety lead to explosion - 30 died immidietly, 2500 deaths due to thyroid cancer - worst in the world
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Titanic
sunk on first voyage - hit a glacier - death toll was high because there were not enough safety boats
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Exxon Valdez Spill
- oil tanker hit the side of rocky reef in Alaska - 75 million litres spilled - remote location made recovery very difficult
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
- oil rig exploded with methane gas - 8.5 million litres a day were released for 5 months - extensive damage to wetlands/beaches - tourism indistry faced loss, BP oil company blamed - happened due to cost cutting choices in maintenance and they did not have a safety system
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Mineapolis Bridge Collapse
- excessive weight form vehicles, concrete, construction vehicles - 13 died
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse
High winds caused collapse of suspension Bridge, there were no trusses for wind to go through
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Challenger
- Cold weather lowered resiliency of rubber O-ring - lead to release of gas = failed rocket booster - 7 astronauts died on launch
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Columbia
- during launch a piece of insulation broke off from external tank - struck left wing, damaged heat protector - disintegrated upon re-entry

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