Coasts
- Created by: emmaxagnes
- Created on: 20-05-17 15:58
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- Coasts
- Waves
- Constructive
- weak backswash, strong swash
- Destructive
- strong backwash, weak swash
- Constructive
- Processes
- Weathering
- mechanical, chemical, biological
- mass movement- slumping
- Weathering
- Erosion
- fault, cave, arch, stack, stump
- wave cut platforms
- headlands & bays
- abrasion, attrition, solution
- Transportation
- traction, saltation, suspension, solution
- longshore drift
- Deposition
- sand & shingle beaches
- spits & bars
- salt marshes
- Sand Dunes
- embyro, yellow, grey, stacks
- sea couch, marram grass, lichens + heather, reeds
- sandy beaches, large tidal range, wind, obstacle
- embyro, yellow, grey, stacks
- Coastal Management
- soft engineering
- beach nourishment & reprofiling
- dune regeneration
- hard engineering
- sea walls & rock armour
- groynes & gabions
- managed retreat
- coastal realignment and monitoring
- soft engineering
- Waves
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