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Decks in this class (24)

Coastal Zones
What is the coast 1,
What is a spring tide 2,
Define offshore 3
18  cards
Coastal System
Inputs flows stores components fl...,
What is a system 2,
Why is the coast a system 3
7  cards
Dynamic Equilibrium
What is dynamic equilibrium 1,
What is positive feedback 2,
What is negative feedback 3
9  cards
Sources Of Energy In The Coastal System
What does solar energy do 1,
Waves are created by 2,
What is wave energy is determined...
23  cards
Currents And Tides
Meaning of longshore currents 1,
Meaning of upwelling currents 2,
Meaning of rip currents 3
10  cards
Sediment Sources, Cells And Budgets
What is sediment 1,
Define sediment cells 2,
How many sediment cells are there...
9  cards
Geomorpholohical Processes
What is geomorphological processes 1,
What is weathering 2,
What is mass movement 3
18  cards
Erisional Landforms
What coastlines is erosion landfo...,
Name 5 erosional landforms 2,
How do we get from a headland to ...
5  cards
Depsotional Landforms
How can deposition landform occur 1,
Why do beaches tend to have flatt...,
The formation of storm beaches 3
9  cards
Spits, Tombolos And Bars
Formation of tombolo 1,
Formation of bars 2,
Formation of offshore bars 3
6  cards
Sand Dunes
What are sand dunes 1,
Where do sand dunes form 2,
Formation of sand dunes 3
3  cards
Sea Level Change
What is eustatic change 1,
What is isostatic change 2,
What is tectonic change 3
14  cards
Human Intervention Into Coastal Processes
Human intervention into natural p...,
What is hard engineering 2,
What is soft engineering 3
16  cards
Case Study- Odisha India
Who are the stakeholders in odish...,
Why do odisha need coastal defenc...,
What are the opportunities for hu...
14  cards
Case Study- Norfolk Coast
What type of managed is being use...,
What are the four different secti...
2  cards
The Swanage Coast- Case Study
What are some key information abo...,
What sediment cell is it located ...,
What are the managing flood risks...
6  cards
END OF COAST TOPIC
0  cards
Natural Hazards
What is hazard 1,
What is a disaster 2,
What are the three types of hazar...
11  cards
Hazard Management Models
What is the hazard of place model 1,
What are the two main parts of vu...,
Drawbacks to hazard of place mode...
11  cards
The Earth’s Structure And Landforms/hazards
What is lithosphere 1,
What is asthenosphere 2,
What are the two earths crust and...
29  cards
Volcanoes
Classify volcanoes by two ways 1,
What are the 3 different types of...,
What is a compostive volcano 3
17  cards
Case Study- Eyjafallokull (icelandic) Volcano
How vulnerable iceland is to volc...,
How hazard perception affects how...,
What were the primary and seconda...
9  cards
Case Study- Mount Nyiragongo (DRC)
Why is mount nyiragongo considere...,
Why are people around mount nyira...,
How does migration increase volca...
15  cards
Earthqaukes
What are earthquakes 1,
What are seismic waves 2,
What are the 2 main seismic waves 3
19  cards

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