coasts eq2 examples Flashcards

1
Q

wave-cut platform example

A

Flamborough head, Yorkshire
- a resistant chalk headland

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cave,arches, stack and stumps example

A

Old Harry Rocks, Isle of Purbeck in Dorset
-chalk formations

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3
Q

cliff example

A

White Cliffs of Dover
-chalk

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4
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headlands and bay example

A

Swanage Bay, Dorset
-between ballard point and dulston dead

The soft rock is made of clay and sands, and the hard rock is chalk and limestone.

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5
Q

wave cut notch and platform (2nd example)

A

Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset

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6
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bayhead beach example

A

Lulworth Cove, Dorset

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Spit example

A

Spurn Head, Holderness Coast
or
Durlston Head, Dorset

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8
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Tombolo example

A

St Ninian’s tombolo, Shetland

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9
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Bar/ barrier beach example

A

Chesil Beach, Dorset

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10
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Recurved/ hooked spit

A

Hurst Castle Spit, Hampshire

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11
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Cupsate Foreland

A

Dungeness, Kent

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12
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Sediment cell example

A

sediment cell 2
-holderness coast
source: Flamborough Head
transfer: Holderness Coast
Sink: Spurn Head

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13
Q

tallus scree slope example
(caused by blockfalls)

A

Twistleton Scar in the Yorkshire Dales.

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14
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rotational scar/ slumping example

A

Christchurch Bay, in Barton-on-Sea, near Lymington in Hampshire

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15
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terraced cliff profile example

A

Naish Farm, Christchurch Bay

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