Sediment Cells AS Geography
- Created by: scarlet parr
- Created on: 12-05-17 11:07
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- Sediment Cells
- Where do sediment cells come from?
- Rivers bring sediment downstream
- current bring material from the sea bed
- Erosion of cliffs
- What happens to the sediment?
- stored as a depositional landform
- stored as a nearshore feature e.g. banks
- Transported and becomes an output
- deposited in deep sea water away from the coast
- What are the types of sediment?
- Classic sediment - from rocks and weathering
- Biogenic sediment - shells and skeletons of marine organisms
- What is the main agent of transportation and deposition?
- Tides
- Currents
- Winds
- waves
- Where do sediment cells come from?
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