Coastal Processes and Landforms

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Fast Ice: And extensive, unbroken sheet of sea ice that is landfast. Created by the in situfreezing of sea water.Ice Floe: Floating, tabular blocks of ice that are thinner and flatter than ice bergs.Formed by the spring breakup of winter fast ice.
Pack Ice: Floating sea ice, not landfastIce foot (Ice Dune): A landfast, narrow strip of accumulated frozen wave spray andice washed ashore.
Page 1 and 2: Coastal Processes and Landforms
Page 3 and 4: Movements generated by tides, curre
Page 5: • Tidal range - difference betwee
Page 8 and 9: 3) Waves and wave dynamics
Page 11 and 12: Swash Zone: The area of the nearsho
Page 13: AnimationLongshore currentpicks up
Page 16 and 17: Groynes: A breakwaterrunning seawar
Page 18: Storm surge: A rise above normal wa
Page 22 and 23: B. Types of Coasts1. fast-changing
Page 25: Thermo-erosion: Erosion caused by m
Page 30 and 31: Consequences of ice shore interacti
Page 32 and 33: C. Coastal Weathering Processes
Page 34: • Abrasion: weathering byrock fra
Page 37 and 38: • Coastal Landslide: Alternate we
Page 39 and 40: • Chemical weathering:Salt weathe
Page 46 and 47: Sea level rise in the lower mainlan
Page 48 and 49: 1. Depositional Features2. Rock Coa
Page 50 and 51: 1. Depositional Featuresb) Beach be
Page 52 and 53: 1. Depositional Featuresc) Beach cu
Page 54 and 55: 1. Depositional Featuresd) (Sand) b
Page 56 and 57: 1. Depositional Featuresd) (Sand) b
Page 58 and 59: 1. Depositional Featurese) Sand spi
Page 60 and 61: 1. Depositional Featurese) Barrier
Page 62 and 63: 1. Depositional Featurese) Spits an
Page 64 and 65: 1. Depositional Featurese) Tombolo,
Page 66 and 67: 1. Depositional Featuresf) Estuarie
Page 68 and 69: 2. Rock Coast Features
Page 70 and 71: 2. Rock Coast Features
Page 72 and 73: The force of the waves hitting a cl
Page 74 and 75: Rock fragments which have becomedet
Page 76: Formation of a Sea arch and stack
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• Eventually the cliff becomesuns
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Erosive waves may blast theirway ve
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3. Coral Coastal FeaturesCoral land
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3. Coral Coastal Features• Atoll
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2. Rock Coast Features• Coral ato
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2. Rock Coast Features• Coral ato
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Tuvalu, only 4 m above sea level an
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3. Coral Coastal Features• Barrie
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Shallow lagoons formed close to the
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