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Coasts

What is longshore drift?

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Material being transported along the coast

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How does longshore drift work?

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Waves follow prevailing wind. Hit coast at oblique angle. Swash carries material on beach in direction of wind, backwash carries material off beach at 90 degrees.

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What are the 4 processes of transportation?

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Traction, saltation, solution and suspension

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What is traction?

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Large particles (boulders) pushed along sea bed by force if water

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What is saltation?

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Pebble sized particles bounced along sea bed by force of water

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What is suspension?

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Small particles (silt/clay) carried along in sea water

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What is solution?

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Soluble materials dissolve in sea water and carried along

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What is deposition?

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When material carried by sea water is dropped on coast

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When do coasts build up?

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When amount of deposition is higher than amount of erosion

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How is amount of deposition increased?

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When lots of erosion elsewhere on coast - lots of material available.

When lots of transportation of material into an area

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What do low eve energy waves do?

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(Slow) lots of deposition, less erosion

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What do constructive waves do?

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Deposit more than erode. Break up on beach, build up beaches

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When are constructive waves created?

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In calm weather

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What are the characteristics of constructive waves?

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Stronger swash than backwash. Less powerful than destructive. Low, long wavelength. Low frequency (6-8 per minute).

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What is transportation?

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The movement of material

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What is longshore drift?

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Material being transported along the coast

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How does longshore drift work?

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Waves follow prevailing wind. Hit coast at oblique angle. Swash carries material on beach in direction of wind, backwash carries material off beach at 90 degrees.

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What are the 4 processes of transportation?

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Fractions, saltation, solution and suspension

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What is traction?

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Large particles (boulders) pushed along sea bed by force if water

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What is saltation?

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Pebble sized particles bounced along sea bed by force of water

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Coasts

What is suspension?

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Small particles (silt/clay) carried along in sea water

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What is solution?

A

Soluble materials dissolve in sea water and carried along

23
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Coasts

What is deposition?

A

When material carried by sea water is dropped on coast

24
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Coasts

When do coasts build up?

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When amount of deposition is higher than amount of erosion

25
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Coasts

How is amount of deposition increased?

A

When lots of erosion elsewhere on coast - lots of material available.

When lots of transportation of material into an area

26
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Coasts

What do low eve energy waves do?

A

(Slow) lots of deposition, less erosion

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Coasts

What do constructive waves do?

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Deposit more than erode. Break up on beach, build up beaches

28
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Coasts

When are constructive waves created?

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In calm weather

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Coasts

What are the characteristics of constructive waves?

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Stronger swash than backwash. Less powerful than destructive. Low, long wavelength. Low frequency (6-8 per minute).

30
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Coasts

What is transportation?

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The movement of material

31
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What is weathering?

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Erosion of rocks in situ

32
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What is erosion?

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Wearing away of moving rocks

33
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What are 3 examples of biological weathering?

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Vegetation roots break up rocks.

Bird ps excrete on rocks - acidic.

Rabbit burrows loosen soil making inundation by water easier.

34
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What is rainwater?

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Carbonic acid (weak)

35
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What is mechanical weathering?

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Breakdown of rocks without changing chemical composition

36
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What is chemical weathering?

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Breakdown of rocks by changing chemical composition

37
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What is carbonation?

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Rainwater (carbonic acid) dissolves rocks e.g. Limestone or clay

38
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What is freeze thaw weathering?

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Temp alternatives above/below freezing. Frozen water expands in cracks and contracts when it thaws. Repeated expansion widens cracks/breaks rock.

39
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What is hydration?

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Rocks like clay swell and expand in rainwater (carbonic acid)

40
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Coasts

What is mass movement?

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Shifting in rocks and loose materials down a slope when gravity acting ok slope is greater than force supporting it.

41
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What is oxidation?

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Some rocks react with air and break down

42
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What does mass movement cause?

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Coasts to retreat rapidly

43
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What is sliding?

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Material shifts in one sheer vertical piece (straight line), often quickly

44
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When is mass movement most likely?

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When material is full of water (lubricant)

45
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What is slumping?

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Water soaks through permeable top layer of sand and collects above impermeable layer. Lubricated layer causes slumping on a curved axis.

46
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Coasts

What do destructive waves do?

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Carry out erosional processes

47
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When do destructive waves occur?

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When wave energy is high and wave has travelled over a long fetch

48
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What are the characteristics of destructive waves?

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High frequency (10-14 per min).
High and steep.
Short wavelength.
Backwash more powerful than swash.

49
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How are destructive waves created?

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In storm conditions when wind is powerful and blowing over long time.

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