1
Q
What is the backshore?
A
Mean high tide mark to changes in physiology
2
Q
What is the nearshore?
A
Mean low tide mark to where waves break
- contains breaker/surf zone
- areas within are affected by currents
3
Q
What is the offshore?
A
Area out to sea from nearshore
4
Q
What are primary coasts?
A
- formations dominated by land based processes
- eg. River deltas due to deposition of material
- Zavodovski Island
5
Q
What are secondary coasts?
A
- formations dominated by marine erosion
- eg. Destructive waves eroding cliffs
- Slapton
6
Q
What are alluvial coasts/coastal plains?
A
- Sections of coastline created by deposition of sediment
- have low gradient slopes
- are flat
7
Q
What is the foreshore?
A
- Area between nearshore and backshore
- contains the swashzone
8
Q
What is the breaker/surf zone?
A
- Region where waves start to break
- bubbly surface of water when breaking is called surf
8GE01 - Coasts
flashcards
Decks in class (33)
# Cards
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1.18
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1.29
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1.3(Spec2) - Cork5
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1.4(Spec2) - Concordant Morphology9
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1.54
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1.6(Spec2) - Submergent Coastlines + Sognefjorden11
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1.72
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2.113
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2.218
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2.39
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2.44
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2.511
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2.6(Spec1)7
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2.72
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2.8(Spec2) - Mass Movement + Barton18
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2.95
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2.10 - W Africa8
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2.113
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2.129
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2.13 - Trinidad And Tobago16
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3.2 - Sediment Cells13
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3.3(Spec2) - Deposition + Distinctive Landforms16
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3.46
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3.514
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3.6 - New York11
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3.7 - Bangladesh13
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3.8 - Kiribati8
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3.9 - Netherlands17
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4.1(Spec2) - Portballintrae + Lyme Regis25
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4.6 - Chittagong7
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4.37
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4.5 - Slapton Management13
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4.4 - ICZM7
