Flamborough Head

Question 1

distance and subsection of coastline

Answer 1

60km and 1d

Question 2

what type of rock strata

Answer 2

discordant

Question 3

what is flamborough head

Answer 3

chalk headland

Question 4

how fast does soft rock erode

Answer 4

shale = 1.8m/yr

Question 5

how fast does hard rock erode

Answer 5

limestone = 0.1m/yr

Question 6

fetch

Answer 6

1500km

Question 7

lsd direction

Answer 7

north to south

Question 8

features of cliffs at flam and changes over time

Answer 8

-chalk
- 20/30m
- the top of the cliff is made of till deposited from glacial period (18,000 years ago) and has been eroded by mass movement to 40 degrees.
- the cliff will collapse over a long time period

Question 9

example of a bay

Answer 9

filey bay

Question 10

when were rocks formed

Answer 10

jurassic period

Question 11

sources of sediment

Answer 11

• river esk - minimal amount (highly managed)
• erosion of chalk, limestone and shale cliffs
• material moved onshore at last ice age

Question 12

physical factors

Answer 12

sources of sediment
wave energy
geology

Question 13

example of shore platform

Answer 13

robin hoods bay

Question 14

example of stacks

Answer 14

green stacks pinnacle

Question 15

example of geo

Answer 15

huntsmans leap

Question 16

peak wave height

Answer 16

4m

Question 17

examples of inter-relations

Answer 17

• headland and bay - Filey brigg and Filey bay
• rivers and landforms - river esk and Robbin hoods bay
• sediment supply from north to south through lsd - saltburn to Filey bay
• wave cut platform and cliffs - Robbin hoods bay - when long enough it can stop erosion - flat (3 degrees) but more effective at low tide than high tide

Question 18

short term changes at flamborough head

Answer 18

• cliff collapse but caused by long term erosion
  seasonal:
• increased precipitation = increased sediment in winter
• beach profile goes in summer = wider and higher
• more storms = wind and wave energy increase in winter

Question 19

long term changes at flamborough head

Answer 19

• offshore sediment bought up over 9000 years (flandrian transgression)
• wave cut platforms - eroded over millennia
• sediment from jurassic period
• end of glacial maximum (15,000 years ago) - till deposited on coastline
• erosion of arch - stack - stump as chalk 0.1m/yr