Sediment transport and deposition creates coastal landforms and landscapes (Edexcel A-Level Geography): Flashcards
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Process: sediment rolled along shoreline
Process: sediment rolled along shoreline
Traction (transports pebbles, cobbles & boulders)
Process: sediment bounced along shoreline
Process: sediment bounced along shoreline
Saltation (transports sand)
Process: sediment carried in water
Process: sediment carried in water
Suspension (transports silts & clays)
Process moving material along coast at an angle
Process moving material along coast at an angle
Longshore drift (swash at angle, backwash perpendicular)
Deposition when small particles clump & sink
Deposition when small particles clump & sink
Flocculation
Landform: spit joining mainland to island
Landform: spit joining mainland to island
Tombolo
What causes hook in a hooked spit?
What causes hook in a hooked spit?
More pronounced waves from secondary prevailing wind
Triangular feature from 2 dominant wind patterns
Triangular feature from 2 dominant wind patterns
Cuspate foreland
3 components of a sediment cell
3 components of a sediment cell
Sources, transfers and sinks
Sediment gained from sources & lost to sinks
Sediment gained from sources & lost to sinks
Sediment budget