1.4 Dalmatia

Question 1

What are concordat coasts

Answer 1

Generated when rock strata run parallel to coastline

Question 2

How has lulworth cove formed in Dalmatia (Croatia)

Answer 2

Marine erosion breaks through more resistant rocks and eroded the softer rock and created waive covers behind. The harder rock inland prevents further erosion

Question 3

Why did sea level rise

Answer 3

The Holocene (period 12k years ago that led to large sea level rises)

Question 4

Dalmatian coastline

Answer 4

Layers of horizontal strata folded by tectonic activity into a series of synclines and anticlines and the holocene flooded the syncline causing only the anticline to be visible
Marine erosion eroded the top of anticlines to form what looks like varying strips of geology

Question 5

How is a haff coastline formed

Answer 5

Long sediment ridges topped by sand dunes run parallel to coastline creation lagoons between the ridges and the shore