Causes of Emergent Coastlines Flashcards
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Causes of Emergent Coastlines
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Isostatic Rebound: After the melting of ice sheets, land that was previously compressed by the weight of the ice begins to rise.
Eustatic Sea Level Fall: A global decrease in sea level caused by factors like glaciation (when water is stored as ice).
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Landforms Associated with Emergent Coastlines
Raised Beaches
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Former beaches are left stranded above the current sea level as land rises or sea level falls.
Example: Raised beaches on the west coast of Scotland, such as those on the Isle of Arran.
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Fossil Cliffs
Cliffs formed during
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previous higher sea levels are left inland as the land emerges. They may retain features such as wave-cut notches and caves
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isostatic are land relation to sea
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