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geography paper 1 - coasts

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Decks in this class (16)

coasts - what coasts are
What are coasts 1,
What energy is found in coasts 2,
What system is coastal landscapes 3
7  cards
potential influences on coastal landscape systems of wind
What is wind the source of energy...,
What is the energy of a wave depe...,
How does wind strength varying ma...
9  cards
physical factors - waves
Where do waves come from 1,
What happens when a wave enters s...,
What are storms waves 3
23  cards
physical factors - tides
What are tides 1,
What does the moon do 2,
When does high tide occur 3
7  cards
physical factors - geology
What is weak lithology 1,
What are resistant rocks 2,
What happens if bedding planes ar...
9  cards
physical factors - ocean currents
How does ocean currents affect co...,
What are global patterns of ocean...,
What are rip currents 3
5  cards
sources of coastal sediment - terrestrial (from land) : fluvial deposition (rivers)
Where does sediment come from in ...,
What happens when fresh and salty...,
Blank 3
4  cards
sediment - marine erosion
What is hydraulic action 1,
What is pounding 2,
What is abrasion 3
6  cards
sediment - aeolian deposition
What is aeolian deposition 1,
What is sand abrasion 2,
What does power of sand increase ...
6  cards
sediment - marine deposition
Where does deposition occur 1,
How are offshore bars created 1
2  cards
sediment - human nourishment (beach)
How is sand pumped onto beach 1,
What happens as soon as sand is p...
2  cards
bays and headlands - erosion
How do bays and headlands form 1,
What do the weaker and resistant ...,
What does wave refraction result ...
9  cards
cliffs - erosion
What do cliffs depend on 1,
What does horizontally bedded str...,
What doe sea ward dipping strata ...
4  cards
shore platforms - erosion
How do shore platforms form 1,
What happens at the base of the c...,
What happens when platform reache...
7  cards
geos and blowholes - erosional
What are geos 1,
What happens to weak points in ge...,
Example of geo 3
8  cards
caves, arches, stacks + stumps - erosional
Blank 1
1  cards

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