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Summary Coastal Environments (Coastal Erosion) - CIE Geography As & A Level
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Includes: Sub-aerial, Terrestrial and Marine Processes as well as Sediment Cells
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Friday, 8 February 2019COASTAL ENV. - COASTAL EROSION
COASTAL EROSION:
Mass Movement Weathering
SUB-AERIAL Erosion
PROCESSES
MARINE
PROCESSES
Earth Movement
TERRESTRIAL Deposition Transport
PROCESSES
SEDIMENT CELLS:
- The process of erosion, transportation and deposition within the coastal margin is largely
contained within sediment cells
- A sediment cell is generally thought to be a closed system, which suggests that no
sediment is transferred from one cell to another
- Inputs to the sediment cell:
• Rivers
• Cliff collapse
• The sea
- Movement of sediment through the cell:
• Longshore drift
• Wave action
- Loss of sediment from the cell (to deter water:
• Tidal currents
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