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Sand dunes
Optimum conditions for sand dunes...,
What does sand become trapped by,
First set of dunes which establish
10
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Emergent Landforms
When do they form,
What is a ria,
What are their two main character...
13
cards
Saltmarshes
What needs to be present,
Steps of formation
2
cards
ICZM
What do they look at
1
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SMPS
What do smps do,
What is a cost benefit analysis,
What is our region based on
7
cards
Landforms Of Emergence
What causes landforms of emergence,
What are the landforms of emergence,
What causes landforms of submergence
4
cards
Weathering
What does sub aerial mean,
What is weathering,
Example of physical weathering
7
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Sea Levels
What is a eustatic fall in sea level,
What is a eustatic rise in sea level,
What is an isostatic relative ris...
4
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SMP's
What is a shoreline management plan,
What are the smp plans based on,
What do smp s involve several sta...
7
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Spit Formation
1 what does lsd do,
2 what occurs if conditions for d...,
3 what encourages deposition
5
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Sand Dune Formation
What does there need to be for it...,
When does sand dune formation begin
2
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Coastal Landforms
When is a wave cut notch formed,
When does a wave cut platform form,
When is a geo formed
3
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Depositional Landforms
What are the four favourable cond...,
What is a spit,
What is a tombolo
6
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Cardiff Bay Barage
What is a coastal barrage,
What does it have the 2nd largest of,
How long is the barrage
12
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Spurn Head - Unstable Spit
Where is it,
What does the lsd from the north ...,
What does the dominant wind direc...
7
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Mass Movement
What is the nature of mass moveme...,
What are mass movements,
When does a landslide occur
8
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Sediment Cell
What is a sediment cell,
What takes place within a sedimen...,
What can interrupt a sediment cell
4
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Marine Transportation
What is traction
1
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Geology
What does lithology refer to,
What are very resistant rocks eg,
What are less resistant rocks eg
4
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Sediment Sources, Cells And Budgets
What are the sources which coasta...,
What can sediment cells be regard...,
What is a sub cell which we study
4
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Tides & Surges
What are tides,
What are tides caused by,
What creates a high tide
8
cards
Currents
What does the term current refer to,
When do longshore currents occur,
What do longshore currents generate
6
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Wave Refraction
How do waves become refracted,
What happens when the waves becom...,
What is the overall effect
3
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Constructive & Destructive Waves
What is their wave height like,
What is their wave length,
What happens when they approach t...
7
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Depositional landform - beach
What do beaches represent
1
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Impacts of sea level change
From the last glacial period how ...,
What is the current rate of sea l...,
What do the ippc predict
13
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Causes of sea level change
What is a eustatic change as a re...,
What happens during an ice age eu...,
What happens when the ice melts e...
15
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holderness management
Where does the holderness stretch...,
How many villages have been lost,
What rate does it erode each year
12
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odisha management
Whats there an increasing concern...,
Where is it,
What are erosion rates
7
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Littoral zone
What is it,
What short term factors causes it...,
What long term factors causes it ...
5
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