Coasts Flashcards
1
Q
Concordant and discordant?
A
Parallel and right angles.
2
Q
Headland?
Bay?
— DISCORDANT
A
Headland — a piece of land jutting out into the sea
Bay — a broad coastal inlet often with a beach
3
Q
Ludworth Cove — Concordant
How is a cove formed?
A
- Hard, soft, hard (pattern of rock in a cliff)
- Place of weakness in the hard rock — water gets in and can erode easier
- Breaks through the hard rock and quickly erodes the soft
- Gets stopped at the hard rock behind the soft rock
- Forms a cove
4
Q
How is a Wave Cut Platform formed?
A
- The sea attacks the base
- Wave-cut notch forms
- Cliff collapses
- The wave-cut platform is formed after the backwash carries out the eroded material
- The cliff retreats
5
Q
How did Old Harry get to be a stump?
A
- Headland
- Crack
- Cave
- Arch
- STACK
- Stump — what Old Harry will become
