5 Coastal Erosion
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Coastal Erosion What are the 4 ways that the sea erodes the coast – the different types of erosion? Don’t forget, weathering is also at work on the coastline as well
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Coastal ErosionWhat are the 4 ways that the sea erodes the
coast – the different types of erosion?
Don’t forget, weathering is also
at work on the coastline as well
THE LANDFORMS
Headlands and Bays
What are they?
How are they formed?
Some Headlands
And Some Bays
Headlands and Bays Together
How are they formed?
Its all about differential erosion!!!!!!!!
Caves, Arches and Stacks.
The Headland is Attacked
The Stages of Erosion
Cracks Become Caves
Cave formation on Ballintoy coast, Ireland
Caves Become Arches
An arch on Lighthouse Field state
beach, California
Arches Become Stacks
A stack on the South Devon coast
Wave Cut Notches and Platforms
From Wiki
Wave cut platform at Southerndown, South Wales
