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Discordant/concordant
What is a concordant coastline,
What is a discordant coastline,
Give an example of a discordant c...
3
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Pacific artic
What is a pacific coast,
What is a dalmatian coast,
What are atlantic coasts
3
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Bays and headlands
How does discordant coastlines ef...,
What does the change wave approac...,
What is geological structure
8
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Coastal Processes
What is the littoral zone,
What are the in out puts of the l...,
What are high energy coasts
8
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Rates of erosion
What is bedrock lithology,
What is a igneous rock,
What is a sedimentary rock
4
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sub aerial processes
What is weathering,
What is mass movement,
What is surface run off
9
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Cliff profiles
There is several characteristics ...,
What is a dip,
True or false is a dip a tectonic...
6
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Erosion processes
What is abrasion,
What is attrition,
What is corrosion
4
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coastal risks
What is tectonic change,
What is isostatic change,
What is eustatic change
3
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Classification of coastal environments
What are primary coasts,
What are secondary coasts,
Emergent coastlines are
5
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Geological structure
What is a strata,
What is a deformation,
What is faulting
3
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Lithology and vegetation
What is bedrock lithology,
What is a igneous rock,
What is a sedimentary rock
9
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Shaping coastlines
What are the two types of waves,
What is destructive,
What are constructive waves
3
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Coastal formation
Formation of a wave cut notch,
Explain the the collapse,
Formation of new one
4
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Erosion of headlands
What is involved in corrosion and...,
What does abrasion do,
What are caves
6
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Sediment transport
What is swash direction,
What is backwash direction,
How are spits created
7
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Sediment cell concept
What are the sources,
What are the transfers,
What are sinks
4
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Emergent vs submergent
What are submergent coastlines,
Whats a ria,
What is a fjord
5
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Global warming and storms
What is global warming,
What will happen if there s a inc...,
What are rising sea levels
3
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Coastal retreat
What can hard engineering affect,
What is dredging,
What is coastal recession
10
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