Coastal Erosion
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- Created on: 16-09-16 11:44
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- Coastal Erosion
- Hydraulic Action
- Air in cracks puts pressure on rock and causes pieces of rock to break off
- Corrasion
- Sand and pebbles carried in waves thrown against cliff face
- Corrosion
- Chemicals in sea water dissolve certain rock types, eg chalk
- Attrition
- breaking up of rocks and pebbles in the waves.
- wave movement means rocks are continually knocked, produces smooth edges eventually sand.
- Mass Movement
- Material moves down a slope, pulled down by gravity
- Weathering
- way that rocks are broken down in situ
- Transport
- putting down of sand and pebbles by the sea
- Hydraulic Action
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