1
Q
What is a raised beach?
A
Beach which has been raised above sea level by isostatic rebound or eustatic sea level change
- can show progression of plate uplift
- usually have larger sediment left, smaller taken away by marine processes when at sea level
2
Q
What is isostatic change?
A
- ice pushes land down
- when ice melts, land rises
3
Q
What is isostatic readjustment?
A
- mantle is soft + viscous
- results in other parts of crust reacting to isostatic changes
- seesaw effect
4
Q
What are fossil cliffs?
A
Steep inland cliffs
- can find sea caves and wave cut notches and platforms at different levels above sea level
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
