key definitions

Question 1

Dalmatian coast

Answer 1

a concordant coastline with several river valleys running perpendicular to the coast. they become flooded to produce paralell long islands and long inets.

Question 2

defra- cost benefit analysis

Answer 2

the evaluation of a coastal towns economic value compared to the cost of the management required.

Question 3

emergent coast

Answer 3

a coast that is advancing relative to the sea level at a time.

Question 4

eustatic

Answer 4

global changes to sea level

Question 5

fjord

Answer 5

a narrow inlet deeper in the middle section that at the mouth created when sea levels rise relative to the land flooding coastal glacial valleys.

Question 6

ria

Answer 6

narrow winding inlet which is deepest at the mouth, formed when sea levels rise causing coastal valleys to flood.

Question 7

smp- shorline management plan

Answer 7

identifies all of the activities both natural and human who h occur within the coastline area of each sediment cell and then regiments a combination of four solutions -
hold the line
advance the line
managed realignment
no active intervention.

Question 8

submerging coast

Answer 8

a coast that is sinking relative to the sea level.