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Decks in this class (16)
waves
What is fetch,
What are constructive waves,
What are destructive waves
4
cards
tides
Why does the moon has a larger in...,
What are spring tides,
What are neap tides
4
cards
currents
What are they affected by,
What are longshore currents,
What are rip currents
4
cards
sediment
What are the 4 sediment sources,
What are sediment cells,
What is a sediment budget
3
cards
erosion
What is hydraulic action,
What is abrasion,
What is attrition
4
cards
transportation
What is traction,
What is suspension,
What is saltation
5
cards
sub aerial process
What is freeze thaw weathering,
What is biological weathering,
What is oxidation
6
cards
mass movement
What are landslides,
What are rockfalls,
What is soil creep
5
cards
landforms of coastal erosion
What is a sea cliff,
What is a wave cut platform,
What is a headland
9
cards
depostitional landforms
What is the upper beach like,
What is the lower beach like,
What are runnels
17
cards
sand dunes
What 5 conditions are needed,
How do they form,
What is on an embryo dune
9
cards
sea level change
Why does sea level fall,
Why does sea level rise,
What is eustatic sea level change
24
cards
hard engineering
What is a sea wall,
Of sea wall,
Of sea wall
31
cards
soft engineering
What is beach nourishment,
Of beach nourishment,
Of beach nourishment
20
cards
shoreline management plans
What are the 5 aims of coastal ma...,
How many sediment cells are there...,
Examples of smps
3
cards
intergrated coastal management
What do they aim to do,
What do the maritime spatial plan...
2
cards
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