process, time, landforms and landscapes in coastal settings

Question 1

what factors have shaped the present coastal landscape features

Answer 1

-local tectonic processes
-sea level change
-climate change
-changing ocean currents
-natural disasters
-the changing nature of human activity

Question 2

what are coastal sand dunes

Answer 2

accumulations of sand shaped into mounds by the wind

Question 3

how is sand moved inland

Answer 3

through the process of saltation

Question 4

what is the development of sand dunes

Answer 4

-sand becomes trapped by an obstacle(drift wood, seaweed)
-embryo dunes first develop which are suitable for colonisation by grasses (marram grass)help bind the sand together
-upward growth of embryo dunes called foredunes are initially yellow no organic matter
-as veg cover increases humus is added to the sand turn grey
- dune eventually becomes fixed more veg colonise

Question 5

what are wildlife and human activity catalysts for

Answer 5

blowouts(sand removed)