coastal landscape case studies- saltburn to flamborough
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- Created on: 06-05-18 17:45
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- Rocky, upland area
- 60km long coastal environment
- Discordant coastline
- Sedimentary rock
Physical factors affecting formation:
- NE to NW wind
- NE to SW waves
- Fetch over 1500km
- Tidal range: 1.7m-5m
- Sediment: Marine and terrestrial- cliff erosion
- Longshore drift: north to south
- Geology- clay (fast eroding), chalk, sandstone, shale, limestone
- Sediment cell: sub-cell 1d
- Landforms
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- Headlands and bays
- Flamborough Head is an 8-mile long chalk headland topped with till (limited erosion- 0.1m per year)
- Bays at Runswick and Whitby sands
- Robin Hood's…
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