GEOMORPHOLOGICAL PROCESSES ON THE COAST

• Note down the lower order processes and a brief list of what you know about them.

• Explain how you think this might relate to the coast.

Crustal Movement Processes

Crustal movements processes include plate tectonics, isostacy and faulting and folding most crustal movement will have occurred in the past in NZ’s coasts.

Igneous Activity

Weathering

Mass Wasting

Slope Development (Beach Profile)