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Physical geography: coasts > stability of depositional landforms > Flashcards

stability of depositional landforms Flashcards

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Physical geography: coasts (57 decks)

the coastal system

inputs and outputs

stores/sinks, transfers/flows and energy

sediment sources

sediment budgets

sources of energy at the coast

factors affecting wave energy

constructive waves

destructive waves

negative feedback: beaches and waves

high energy coastlines

low energy coastlines

wave refraction

negative feedback (bays)

marine processes: erosion

factors affecting erosion

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

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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