Holderness Coast Landforms

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  • Created by: Ollie
  • Created on: 25-03-13 18:17
Location
East Coast, From Flamborough Head to Spurn Point
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Geology
Flamborough Head- Chalk, Cliffs are made from soft Boulder Clay
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Headland
Flamborough head, hard chalk, not eroded as fast
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Bay
Bridlington Bay, Soft boulder clay, beach material deposited
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Stack
Selwicks Bay, Hydraulic pressure and abrasion has created a stack
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Slumped Cliff
Soft boulder clay, fetch accross the North Sea is 1500km. Upper part collapses
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Spit
Longshore drift, where it meets the Humber estuary, calmer water deposits sediment. Saltmarsh
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Card 2

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Geology

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Flamborough Head- Chalk, Cliffs are made from soft Boulder Clay

Card 3

Front

Headland

Back

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Card 4

Front

Bay

Back

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Card 5

Front

Stack

Back

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