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EROSIONAL LANDFORMS

strata - how is horizontal strata affect the shape

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  • undercutting leads to riockfall
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EROSIONAL LANDFORMS

strata - how is seaward sipping strata affect the shape

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  • undercutting leads to undercutting which removes support, rock laters loosened by weathering and slide down
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EROSIONAL LANDFORMS

strata - how is landward dipping strata affect the shape

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  • undercurring leads to loosened rock thats difficult to dislodge, bot overtime slope profile is lowered by mass movement
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EROSIONAL LANDFORMS

subarial processes include

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weathering

freeze thaw
salt crystalisation
thermal expansion
chemical

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EROSIONAL LANDFORMS

shore platforms
regular removal of debris at the foot of the cliff cause what

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the cliff profile remains steep

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EROSIONAL LANDFORMS

shore platform
process of shore platform

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  • sea creates a wave sut notch
  • weathering occours at the top of the cliff, causing it to collapse
  • constructive waves transport material away reating a shore platform
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EROSIONAL LANDFORMS

shpre platform
a level 4 points

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  • sediment being dragged away causes erosion of shore platfrom
  • before this shore platform must reach width of 500m
  • solution occours due to algea releacing co2 at night time, means co2 in water = carbonation
  • between 0-3 degress, as wave levels are most consistant at high and low tide, so erosion is highest at these points leaving a low level ramp anf wave cut notch
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EROSIONAL LANDFORMS

wave refraction
name of waves

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orthogonals

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EROSIONAL LANDFORMS
wave refraction
what happens to headlands

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  • converging orthogonal waves concentrate on headlands, due to bein frefracted with hig energy = high erosion
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EROSIONAL LANDFORMS
wave refraction
what happens energy

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energy is dissipated for bays

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EROSIONAL LANDFORMS
wave refraction
what happens to bays

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  • bays have diverging orthogonal waves causing deposition due to low energy
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EROSIONAL LANDFORMS

blow holes and geo

how are blow holes formed

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splashing of waves englarges joints into a cave, air is trapped inside, overtime a natural shaft is formed when it breaks through surface

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EROSIONAL LANDFORMS

blow holes and geo

how are geos formed

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enlargement of blow holes weakens cave roof and overtime collapses

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EROSIONAL LANDFORMS

blow holes and geo

3 a level points

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  • starts at wave cut notch
  • hard rock - needs strength and structural integrity for caves and creeks
  • needs structural weaknesses ( complex ) to allow vertical erosion
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DEPOSITIONAL LANDFORMS

where does deposition most commonly occur ( 5 )

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  • when accumulation exceeds rate of removal
  • when waves slow immediately after braking
  • at the top of the wash when water is no longer moving
  • during backwash when water percolates into the beach
  • low energy sheltered areas
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DEPOSITIONAL LANDFORMS

What’s settling velocity

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The velocity at which particles are deposited - heavy first

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DEPOSITIONAL LANDFORMS

How does a gentle gradient beach occur

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  • Less then 5°
  • small particles become compact when wet
  • allows little perculation during backwash
  • little energy is lost to friction and little volume is lost during percolation = gentle gradient
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DEPOSITIONAL LANDFORM

How does steep beaches occur

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  • larger sediment
  • wash is stronger then backwash so there is a November of shingle on shore
  • makes the upper part of beach where rapid percolation occurs due to larger air spaces
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DEPOSITIONAL LANDFORMS

Particle size and beach angles ( 2 )

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Pebbles - 4mm. 17°

Medium sand - 0.2mm. 5

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DEPOSITIONAL LANDFORMS

Beach features ( ripples, storm beach, runnels and cusps )

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Ripples - loose sandy seabed is subject to wave action and ripple marks appear - TIDAL

Storm beach - accumulation of large sediment above high water mark due to storm action 1-100 YEARS

Runnels - with ridges being areas of raised beach, the dips are water filled troughs actin f as draining routes for tides TIDAL

Cusps - sand and gravel deposits in an arc patterned formed by wave patterns of converging currents TIDAL

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DEPOSITIONAL LANDFORMS

Difference between summer beaches and winter beaches

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Summer - more gradual slope due to smaller waves trying to replace sediment lost during winter

Winter - Steeper due to storm conditions

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DEPOSITIONAL LANDFORMS

What’s a swash aligned beach

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Beach breaking parallel to the shore = move member of sediment being up and down = Bay head beaches

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DEPOSITIONAL LANDFORMS

What’s a drift aligned beach

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Drift aligned beaches develop when waves approach at an angle, process of LSD

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DEPOSITIONAL FEATURES

How do spits form and example

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  • formed by LSD occurring on the dominant prevailing wind direction
  • sediment carried and deposited at low energy and shallow areas when settling velocity is reached
  • can be recited by change in wind direction
  • leeward side = salt marsh due to low energy

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Orford ness = east angkia
- north easterly winds dominant

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DEPOSITIONAL FEATURES how are bars formed and example
- Low energy environment, shallow area, settling velocity reached = deposition EXAMPLE Spurn head = Humber estuary
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DEPOSITIONAL FEATURES How are tombolos formed and example
- accretion of sand at the Lee of the island = low energy - formed via wave refraction due to shallow water - Convergence of LSD = meets around island at Lee = settling velocity reached EXAMPLE St ninans = Shetland
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DEPOSITIONAL FEATURES chelsil beach 1st theory
LSD
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DEPOSITIONAL FEATURES CHESIL BEACH 2nd theory
- last glacial period = sea was 120m lower - many rivers flowing from mainland - barrier island formed via fluvial deposits - sea levels rise after glacial period - barrier island is forced to migrate and is now wedged where it is
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DEPOSITIONAL FEATURES Evidence for 2nd theory of chesil beach
- When barrier island formed - sediment is evenly distributed - when it moved the primary LSD transported all sediment south - secondary weaker LSD transported smaller sediment north CHESIL BEACH HAS SMALL SEDIMENT FIRST = unusual as it’s always LARGE - SMALL
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE geology of FH, SB,FBrigg
hard lithology - chalk and limestone complex structure - bedding planes and faults
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE FH, SB,FBrigg - rate of erosion
0.1m/year
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE FH, SB,FBrigg, common mass movement ?
rockfall
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE what type of coastline and what does this cause
disconcordant = differental erosion
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE RHB,FB, - geology
soft lithology = sandstone, mudstone and clay complex lithology = bedding planes and faults
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE Rate of erosion for RHB,FB
0.8m/year
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE RHB,FB type of mass movement
slumping = rock permeable
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE Physical factors ( wind )
0-gale force = frictional drag imparting energy onto waves over a long period of time due to 1500km fetch 50kg/cm2 of pressure
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE physical factors ( tide )
neap tide 4.8m ebbing tide 6.1 - salt crystalisation
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE physical factors ( temp )
- rarely below freezing, not to hot - rarely freeze thaw and chemical weathering - storm cause destruction
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE F head north side
- waves concentrated - erosional features due to marine actlivites
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE F head south side
- waves disperced - depositional featers eg: north shore beach - lower setting velocity and more constructive waves
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE inter relationships
physical factors - geomorphic processes - coastal features
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE temporal features
tide - daily - beaches 100s of years - equilibrium regained after storm Bech after years - seasonal changes = more destructive waves in winter - mass movemnt is seconds
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EAST YORKSHIRE COASTLINE example of mass movement
- holbeck hall landslide example - 60m of glacial till lost overnight = soft rock
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NILE DELTA Why did they build the Aswan high dam and the affects
- natural floods leaving silts = fertile ground - built yhe dam to control the flooding because more floods = more agriculture - traps 98% of sediment = impacts dynamic equilibrium - lake nassa behind = sediment deposited sue to low energy environment = less sediment in delta = more erosional
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NILE DELTA Key facts
6650km long 4.26 t/ha/y = sediment input Originates in Ethiopia
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NILE DELTA - physical factors Waves
- short fetch, enclosed sea, higher wave height by 1m in winter = constructive waves - LSD occurs pulling sediment creating smaller scale drift aligned features which make up front of delta
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NILE DELTA - physical factors Wind
NW wind 10mph , higher in winter W-E sediment drift Aeolian brings sediment from ly Ian desserts
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NILE DELTA - physical factors Geology
- Delta made up of soft lithology ( alluvial silts ) - limestone ridges on Alexandra = formation of Abu quir headland and bay
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NILE DELTA - physical factors Tides
- Very low tidal rand which is important for delta formation - low tidal range as most sediment is brung in via fluvial inputs
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NILE DELTA - physical factors Ocean currents
Very insignificant but help LSD Now more significant due to less sediment output from fluvial sources = more sediment from lybia
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NILE DELTA - physical factors Sea level rise
10-15 cm rise has meant a 10-15m retreat If sea level rises 1m it’s predicted that 15% of the delta will be lost Sea level rises means: increased energy, wave height and tidal range. More marine processes changing it from depositional to erosional
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NILE DELTA - Features Rosetta and Damietta promentry
- deposition due to flocculations when clay hit the Mediterranean - NW wind = exposed to strinf destructive waves = sediment imput - the sediment is dragged along the edge of delta and deposited in the low energy environments = spits and drift aligned features - now overall more of an erosional environment due to lack of sediment
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NILE DELTA - Features Bulurus and manzala lagoon
- LSD and ocean currents move sediment W-E due to NW wind - sediment moved to delta front = deposition in low energy environments -lagoons getting smaller due to bars preventing the lagoons access to sea, therefore evaporation due to hot environment - increases erosion = lack of sediment
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NILE DELTA - Features Abu quir headland and bay
- limestone ridges = headland and soft rock = bay - differential erosion and diverging waves
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NILE DELTA - Features Sand dunes
- onshore winds blowing sediment - aeolian transport from neighbouring sediment
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DEPOSITIONAL FEATURES SALT MARSH where do they form what conditions needed for formation
- low energy environments eg: estuarys - little wave action, shelter from exposure, source of sediment
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DEPOSITIONAL FEATURES SALT MARSH formation
- clay particles arrive through fluvail imputs via suspension - only 0.05mm so too light to settle, flocculation occours where the electrical charge from clay is wiped by sea water, therefore can clump together and settle
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DEPOSITIONAL FEATURES SALT MARSH zonation and sucession
- zonation is a spatial pattern, different species have different abiotic factors and are loacted in areas where they can withstand salt - halophytes are in lower areas as they are reguarly submerged due to having a high tolerance - sucession is when a new species emerges, this occours at areas with little salt tolerance due to large competion
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DEPOSITIONAL FEATURES SALT MARSH factors affecting
- changes in wave size can alter marsh stability - chnages in tides alter species location ( zonation ) - costal squeeze - as its a dynamic environment when the sea levels rise the marsh moves to accomodate for species with a low salt tolerance, if hard engineeding occours it cant migrate = costal squeeze
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DEPOSITIONAL FEATURES Deltas what are they
- formed when rivers empty their water and sediment into an alternate body of water - occours in low energy environments with a large sediment load
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DEPOSITIONAL FEATURES Deltas distributaries levees crevasse spray
distributaries - branch of into smaller streams levees - these are built up areas of sediment surrounding distributaries crevasse cpray - fluvial deposits when a levee breaks
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DEPOSITIONAL FEATURES Deltas 3 types
cuspate delta = pointed extension when sediment accumulates due to alternating gentle currents eg : timber river in Rome arcuate delta = sufficient sediment supply, grows seawards eg: nile delta Birds foot delta - distributaries not reaching coast due to sediment supply being more then sediment removal
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