Slapton Flashcards
Where is Slapton?
South of the UK
County of Devon
Between towns of Dartmouth and Kingsbridge
Near the city of Plymouth
Why did we go to Slapton?
Fits with coasts topic Rare coastal landforms Key coastal processes Close to a city- human fieldwork High rates of erosion so has sea wall and defences Cheap Easy to access Accommodation for 100+ students Excellent facilities- field studies centre
What were we investigating at Slapton?
Defences
Gradient of beach
Buildings
Pebble size
What was our key question?
How and why does beach characteristics change along a stretch of coastline
Hypothesis 1
Beach width increases moving north from Torcross due to long shore drift
Hypothesis 2
Sediment size decreases with distance north from Torcross due to attrition
Hypothesis 3
Coastal protection increases with land value as shown with the sea walk built in the town of Torcross
What primary methods of data were used?
Beach profiles Lithology Photos Field sketches Cost benefit analysis
Quantitative data
Objective (factual) data with numbers
Which methods of data were quantitative?
Lithology
Cost benefit analysis
Qualitative data
Subjective
Non numerical
Which methods of data are qualitative?
Field sketch
Photos
What methods are quantitative?
Cost benefit analysis
Lithology
Beach profiles
Examples of secondary data
British Geology Survey (BGS)
What did BGS allow us to do?
See if the primary data collected was in line with larger scale data collection
