Case studies: Coastal systems

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Decks in this class (16)

Major Coastal Storm
The last two major storm surges o...,
The three main causes of storm we...,
The storm led to cliff top homes ...
7  cards
Climate change: impacts on the coast
Benbecula is an island in 1,
People live on benbecula 2,
By 2080 the sea level rise is pre...
8  cards
Weathering: Holderness coastline
The holderness coastline has a ba...,
Aroundm of land is lost a year or...,
Freeze thaw weathering resulting ...
5  cards
Types of weathering
Types of mechanical weathering ar...,
Freeze thaw weathering is when 2,
Salt crystallisation is when 3
12  cards
Thames barrier
The thames barrier was opened in ...,
The barrier was designed to prote...,
The barrier is made up of gates w...
10  cards
SMP6: East Norfolk
Smp stands for 1,
Bacton gas terminal handles of te...,
A million sand scaping project wa...
12  cards
Coastal landscape: Odisha Coastline
Mangrove forests can reduce the h...,
Of the coastline undergoes erosion 2,
Overspecies of bird can be found ...
14  cards
Coastal landscape: Holderness Coast
Describe the shape and characteri...,
The average erosion rate for sc2 ...,
The erosion rate for bridlington ...
9  cards
Hard engineering: Heysham and Morecambe
Heysham and morecambe are located...,
The section of coastline iskm long 2,
The four options for management w...
12  cards
Soft engineering: Formby Point on the Sefton Coast
Protection was needed because 1,
The sand dunes arelong and betwee...,
Formby point is north of 3
5  cards
Malta Azure Window
The world famous azure window roc...,
The arch was made of 2,
The cause of the collapse was mos...
3  cards
Dorset coast: concordant and discordant
The section cove of dorset s coas...,
Concordant coastlines are where t...,
Discordant coastlines are where t...
8  cards
Emergent features: Isle of Arran
The 3 types of emergent features ...,
Eustatic fall is when 2,
Isostatic rise is when 3
6  cards
Submergent features: Dalmatian Coast and Norway
3 submergent features are 1,
Rias form along the dalmatian coa...,
The dalmatian coast in croatia is...
5  cards
Tectonic sea level change
The sumatra tsunami occurred in 1,
The earthquake had a magnitude of 2,
The northern section of indonesia...
7  cards
Coastal Processes
The four sources of energy in coa...,
What is a high energy coast and w...,
What is a low energy coast and wh...
19  cards

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