Coasts Flashcards

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Concordant and discordant?

A

Parallel and right angles.

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Headland?
Bay?

— DISCORDANT

A

Headland — a piece of land jutting out into the sea

Bay — a broad coastal inlet often with a beach

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Ludworth Cove — Concordant

How is a cove formed?

A
  1. Hard, soft, hard (pattern of rock in a cliff)
  2. Place of weakness in the hard rock — water gets in and can erode easier
  3. Breaks through the hard rock and quickly erodes the soft
  4. Gets stopped at the hard rock behind the soft rock
  5. Forms a cove
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How is a Wave Cut Platform formed?

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  1. The sea attacks the base
  2. Wave-cut notch forms
  3. Cliff collapses
  4. The wave-cut platform is formed after the backwash carries out the eroded material
  5. The cliff retreats
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How did Old Harry get to be a stump?

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  1. Headland
  2. Crack
  3. Cave
  4. Arch
  5. STACK
  6. Stump — what Old Harry will become
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