Coasts EQ1

Question 1

What is a concordant coastline and give an example?

Answer 1

Lulworth Cove. A concordant coastline has the same type of rock along its length. The alternating bands of hard and soft rock run parallel to the coast.

Question 2

What is a disconcordant coastline and give an example?

Answer 2

Swanage Bay, Dorset Coastline. A disconcordant coastline is where the geology alternates between bands of hard and soft rock which are
perpendicular to the shore

Question 3

What are dalmatian coasts and give an example?

Answer 3

Where bands of resistant rock along a concordant coastline produce parallel islands when less resistant synclines have been submerged. For example in the Croatian region of Dalmatia.

Question 4

What are Haff coastlines and give an example?

Answer 4

Long sediment ridges topped by sand dunes that run parallel to the coast, creating a lagoon between the sea and the shore. For example Baltic Sea and Lithuanian coast.

Question 5

Give an example of an emergent coastline.

Answer 5

Isle of Islay, Scotland.

Question 6

Give an example of a submergant coastline.

Answer 6

The Fjords in Norway