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Physical geography: coasts
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Physical geography: coasts
(58 decks)
the coastal system
sediment cells
inputs and outputs
stores/sinks, transfers/flows and energy
feedback loops
sediment sources
sediment budgets
littoral zone
sources of energy at the coast
wave formation
factors affecting wave energy
constructive waves
destructive waves
waves varying
negative feedback: beaches and waves
tides
currents
high energy coastlines
low energy coastlines
wave refraction
negative feedback (bays)
marine processes: erosion
types of rock
factors affecting erosion
transportation
deposition
weathering
mass movement
cliff profile and rate of retreat
wave cut notch and platform
coastal landforms and landscape of deposition (beaches)
coastal landforms and landscape of deposition (spits)
coastal landforms and landscape of deposition (barrier beach/bar)
coastal landforms and landscape of deposition (tombolo)
coastal landforms and landscape of deposition (offshore bar)
plant succession
salt marsh succession
coastal vegetation
sand dunes
estuarine mudflats and saltmarshes
stability of depositional landforms
sea level change isostatic change
sea level change eustatic change
emergent coastal landforms
submergent coastal landforms
contemporary sea level change
risk to coastal environments storm surges
risk to coastal environments consequences for communities
risk to coastal environments environmental refugees
hard engineering
soft engineering
cost benefit analysis
sustainable coastal management
integrated coastal zone management
shoreline management plans (SMPs)
conflict over policy decisions
the impact of coastal management on sediment cells
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