coasts case studies

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  • Created on: 21-06-22 17:38
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  • coasts case studies
    • isostatic change
      • north of uk rising and south sinking - rebound from ice age
    • jurassic coast
      • E/W concordant - St. Aldham's Head - Kimmeridge Clay
      • N/S discordant - Swanage Bay - Greensand and Chalk
    • Dalmatian coast
      • Croatia: concordant, sea level rise, series of offshore islands parallel to coastline
    • haff coasts
      • Baltic Sea: concordant, long spits of sand and lagoons, parallel
    • tombolo
      • Lindisfarne / Holy Island in Northumberland
    • norfolk
      • Happisburgh
        • 2000 and 600km fetch
      • very soft rock - glacial till
    • holderness
      • spurn head spit
      • flamborough head
    • mass movement
      • st Oswald's bay rock fall
        • 2013
        • undercutting by abrasion
        • chalk

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