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Managing Coastlines
What are the 2 core aims of coast...,
What are the three other aims of ...,
What is hard engineering
91
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Beach Characteristics
What determines the nature of the...,
Which direction are drift aligned...,
Where do drift aligned beaches ge...
48
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Coastal Landforms
Give an example of a headland,
What type of rock is durlston hea...,
Give an example of a bay
22
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Sand Dunes
What type of deposition are sand ...,
What are sand dunes officially kn...,
What do sand dunes rely on
78
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Climate Change
What are the two main types of mo...,
What are physical models,
What are physical models based on
13
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Sea Level Change
What is eustatic sea level change,
What causes a change in the volum...,
When do eustatic changes occur
49
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Salt Marshes
Define accretion,
Bioconstruction,
Define biodiversity
31
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Sediment Sources, Cells And Budgets
List 5 sources of sediment,
What is meant by material from bi...,
What is the coastal sediment budget
16
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Abbotts Hall Farm
Who owns abbotts hall farm,
What is the aim of the project,
When did monitoring take place
19
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Easington 1999
What is the population of easington,
What is the total length of the r...,
How much did the rock armour cost
12
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Mappleron 1991
What is the population of mappleton,
What is the length f the rock armour,
How much did it cost for 61 500 t...
12
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Blackwater Estiary Salt Marsh
How big is the salt marsh,
Where does the salt marsh rank,
What do salt marshes provide for ...
10
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Titchwell Marsh, Nortb Norfolk
List 4 species that are present a...,
What problem has long shore drift...,
When did long shore drift have a ...
26
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High and Low Energy Coasts
High or low this coast experience...,
High or low the rate of erosion i...,
High or low strong steady prevail...
11
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Sub-aerial Weathering
What are the three types of weath...,
What type of weathering is freeze...,
What type of weathering is carbon...
39
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Marine Erosion: Processes, Rates and Transportation
What are the 6 marine erosional p...,
What is hydraulic action,
What is wave pounding
27
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Geology
What is lithology,
What can happen to well jointed r...,
What is a good example of a resis...
11
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Coastal Geomorphological Processes
What are the types of geomorpholo...,
What are marine processes,
What are aeolian processes
5
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Hard Engineering: Heysham an Morecambe
What council is in charge of this...,
How far does the coastline stretch,
What are the current sea defences...
36
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Coastal Erosion and Soft Engineering on the Sefton Coast
Where is the sefton coast located,
True or false the sefton coast is...,
How long is the sand dune area
30
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Coastal Environments on a Local Scale: The Coastal Proceses, Landscape and Sustainable Management of Pevensey Bay, East Sussex
What type of land does pevensey b...,
What has created a natural shingl...,
In which direction is the longsho...
39
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The Sundarbans Bangladesh
The sundarbans is a coastal zone ...,
Which 3 rivers deposit sediment i...,
What is the primary natural proce...
59
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Tides and Currents
What is the global ocean conveyor...,
What type of water sinks to the b...,
What waster rises to the top in t...
88
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Key Principals
What is the nearshore,
What does the nearshore include,
What is the swash zone
20
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