coast

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waves & weather processes

destructive

  • swash - weak
  • backwash - strong

constructive

  • swash - strong
  • backwash - weak

weather processes

  • mechanical
  • biological
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land forms of erosion & land forms of deposition

erosion

  • have cut pattern
  • headlands + bays - headlands are mostly chalk
  • caves,arches,stacks and stumps
  • old harry dorset

deposition

  • tombolo
  • bars
  • beaches
  • spits
  • dawlish warren humber estuary
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erosion prosses & transport processes

erosion

  • hydrolic action
  • abrasion
  • attrition
  • corrosion

transport

traction - bolders roll

long shore drift

saltation - pebbles bounce

suspension - sand held in water

solution - dissolved minerals

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costal managment stratiges

dune stabilisation

+ natural cheap

- dunes are not often there

rip rap rock armor

+ quite cheap

- unatural, beach acess issues

groynes

+ cheap effective

- terminal groynes syndrome

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