Geomorphology and the Earth
Coastal landforms and sea-level change
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Wave action: hydraulic action, abrasion, attrition, longshore drift
- Cliffs, wave-cut platforms, caves, arches and stacks
- Beaches, spits, bars, tombolos and lagoons
- Coasts of submergence: rias, fjords, Dalmatian and estuarine coasts
- Coasts of emergence and raised beaches; marshland from repeated sea-level fall
- Evidence of sea-level change and eustatic versus isostatic change