1
Q
What is transportation?
A
The carrying of eroded materials by the sea
2
Q
Namethe forms of transportation
A
- long shore drift
- saltation
- traction
- suspension
- solution
3
Q
What is long shot drift?
A
Movement of sediment in a zig zag patterin along the beacch
4
Q
What is saltation?
A
Sediment bouncing
5
Q
What is traction?
A
Sediment rolling
6
Q
What is suspension?
A
sediment carried within the waves
7
Q
What is solution?
A
sediment dissolve in water
8
Q
What is sequential deposition?
A
- bigger sediment dropped first
Geography A level coasts
flashcards
Decks in class (22)
# Cards
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Coastal zones5
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Sources of energy in coastal systems21
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Erosional processes10
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weathering processes8
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Mass movement13
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Transportation processes8
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Sediment Cells and Budgets6
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Development of Hard Rock11
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Development of soft Rock8
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Jurassic coast Dorset (Arches/stumps)8
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Alternating beds of soft and hard rock10
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Alternating hard and soft rock beds (Coves)9
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Depositional landscapes. (Low energy)9
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Salt marsh formation10
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sand dunes formation14
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hard and soft engineering12
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SMP’s and ICZM4
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Abbott Hall Farm, Essex - Marshland6
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Sheringham, Norfolk - SMP6
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Eustatic and Isostatic17
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Recent and predicted climate change2
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Sundarbans, Bangladesh5
