1.3 How Do Coastal Landforms Evolve Over Time As Climate Changes (Definitions)?

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Changes in the volume of water in the global ocean store
Eustatic
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Changes in land level
Isostatic
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Water molecules contract which increases their density but reduces their volume
Thermal Expansion
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Shaped by wave processes during times of high sea level, left exposed when sea level falls
Emergent Landforms
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Interglacial 130,000 years ago
Tyrrhenian
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Glacial 25,000 years ago
Wurm
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Present period of sea level rise
Flandrian Transgression
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Glacial 108,000 years ago
Riss
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Changes in land level

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Isostatic

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Water molecules contract which increases their density but reduces their volume

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Shaped by wave processes during times of high sea level, left exposed when sea level falls

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Interglacial 130,000 years ago

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