Coastal Processes Flashcards
The power of the waves hitting the cliffs is…
Hydraulic Action
The dissolving of soluble chemicals in rocks, such as Limestone, is…
Solution
This process of rocks being knocked together within the water to make them smaller, rounder is…
Attrition
The sandpapering effect of pebbles on a rocky platform is…
Abrasion
The process of rock fragments being hurled at the cliff by the water is…
Corrasion
The putting down or dropping of material/sediment is…
Deposition
The wearing away of material is…
Erosion
The movement of sediment within the water is…
Transportation
When particles are carried within the water, it is called…
suspension
When particles are too heavy to be suspended but are bounced along the seabed, it is called…
saltation
When large pebbles are rolled along the seabed, it is called…
Traction
The process in which sediment is moved along the beach, directed by the wind, is called…
Longshore Drift
