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introduction to coasts
What is the coast,
What is the coast influenced by,
What are the inputs into the coas...
10
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Hard Engineering Basic
Explanation of a sea wall,
Revetments,
Groynes
6
cards
Soft Engineering Basic
Beach replenishment,
Managed retreat,
Dune regeneration
5
cards
2B.7b- Norwegian Fjords & Raised Beaches
How do submergent landforms form,
How is a fjord created,
Give an example of a location whe...
10
cards
lesson 2 - energy input waves and winds
Crest,
Trough,
Backwash
17
cards
lesson 3 - currents and tides
What are tides the result of,
What is a spring tide,
What is a neap tide
8
cards
Lesson 4 -sediment cells
What does coastal sediment come from,
What is a sediment cell,
What is a sediment budget
8
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coastal processes - marine erosion
What is wave pounding,
What is wave quarrying,
What is hydraulic action
7
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rates of erosion
What are the factors which influe...,
How can breaking point of a wave ...,
How can wave steepness increase r...
5
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coastal processes - salt crystillisation etc
What is frost shattering,
What is salt crystallization,
What is wetting and drying
5
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mass movement
What are mass movements,
What is mass movement,
What are landslides
7
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chemical weathering
What is oxidation,
What is hydration,
What is hydrolysis
5
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Lesson 6 - Longshore drift
Transportation of material along ...,
What is saltation,
What is traction
8
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Landforms of coastal erosion
Sea cliffs and wave cut platforms,
Describe a headland,
How do headland and bays form
20
cards
esturine mudflats and salt marsh environments
Where do mudflats develop,
What is flocculation,
How does saltmarsh develop
8
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Sand dunes
What are the optimum conditions f...,
The first larger dunes to establi...,
In embryo dunes what are the pion...
12
cards
sea level changes and landforms
What is eustatic,
What is isostatic,
What are the 3 types of sea level...
11
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Emergent and submergent coastal landforms
How are marine terraces formed,
How are raised beaches formed,
How is a fjord formed
11
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coastal management
What are the 5 aims of coastal ma...,
What is an smp,
What is the main aim of an smp
7
cards
Soft engineering strategies
What is beach nourishment,
What are the advantages of beach ...,
What are the disadvantages of bea...
17
cards
Hard engineering strategies
What is a sea wall,
What are the advantages of a sea ...,
What are the disadvantages of a s...
26
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coastal management
Coastal defence measures are used...,
What are the 2 main aims of coast...,
What are the 4 strategic coast de...
3
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sustainable coastal management
When were smps introduced,
How many smps are there around th...
2
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Cardiff bay barrage
Is the cardiff bay barrage a mult...,
What is a coastal barrage,
What does a coastal barrage do
10
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The Holderness coast
What is the holderness coast,
What is the spectacular evidence ...,
What is the majority of the coast...
29
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Odisha
What are the risks along the coas...,
What threatens this coastline,
What has happened to this coastline
14
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Management of coastal flooding in netherlands
How is the netherlands at risk,
Management of the dutch coastline...,
What has been done in the delta r...
6
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Lyme regis, dorset
Where is lyme regis,
What has the scheme at lyme regis...,
What did the plan at lyme regis i...
5
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essex marshes
What does coastal realigment allo...,
Why was coastal management needed,
What is the coastal management sc...
5
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Transportation
Traction,
Saltation,
Suspension
4
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hard vs soft engineering
What are the arguments for hard e...,
What are the arguments against ha...,
What are the arguments for soft e...
4
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coastal management examples
0
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