coastal erosion processes
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Coastal erosion processes. Coastal Processes learning objectives. Understand the impact of weathering , erosion and mass movement on the coast. Describe and explain the formation of cliffs and wave cut platforms , headlands and bays , caves, arches, stacks and stumps. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Coastal erosion
processes
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Coastal Processes learning objectives
• Understand the impact of weathering, erosion and mass movement on the coast.
• Describe and explain the formation of cliffs and wave cut platforms, headlands and bays, caves, arches, stacks and stumps.
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What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
Weathering is the wearing away of rocks.
Erosion is when material is worn away and removed.
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1. Biological weathering
Caused by the action of plants on rocks.
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2. Physical/ Mechanical weathering
Caused by changes the weather e.g. temperature. Freeze thaw weathering is where water gets into cracks in the rock, when the temp falls below freezing the water expands as it turns to ice, this puts pressure on the rock and bits can be caused to break off.
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3. Chemical weathering
Caused by the action of water on chemicals in the rock.
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ErosionErosion is the movement of particles by wind, water, ice or people.
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Coastal Processes
There are 3 main things that coasts can do:1. They erode material2. Then they transport material 3. And finally they deposit material
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COASTAL EROSION
• http://blip.tv/gatm/sticky-coastal-erosion-940748
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What are the processes of erosion along a coastline?
The same 4 processes of erosion that are at work on rivers also apply to coasts.
• Hydraulic action: The force of the water causes cracks in the cliffs and material gradually breaks off.
• Abrasion/corrasion: Bits of rock and sand in waves grind down cliff surfaces like sandpaper.
• Attrition: Waves smash rocks and pebbles on the shore into each other, and they break and become smoother.
• Corrosion/Solution: Acids contained in sea water will dissolve some types of rock such as chalk or limestone.
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Coastal Erosion
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUh3WeilFN4
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• What are constructive and destructive waves and what impact do they have on coastlines?
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Mass movement
• When material moves down a slope due to the force of gravity.
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Mass movement: cliff slumping
One of the most common features of a coastline is a cliff. Cliffs are shaped through a combination of erosion and weathering - the breakdown of rocks caused by weather conditions.
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http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/coasts_cliff_collapse.html
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Soft cliff material leads to cliff slumping
Soft Cliff Material• Cliffs formed from soft material (e.g. boulder clay) are more prone
to erosion.• During dry weather clay cracks and contracts; when it rains water
is absorbed into the cracks until it becomes saturated- this weakens the rock and causes it to slip down the slope on its slip plane.
• The soft boulder clay is quickly eroded away at the base by hydraulic action and corrosion.
• However this is not the only way it is being worn away, rainfall also causes weathering. This often happens where layers of boulder clay become saturated and cause the cliff to slump.
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Stage1 - the soft boulder clay holds rainwater
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Stage2 - Waves erode the base of the cliff creating a wave cut notch. The clay becomes saturated and forms a slip plane (slip plane: the area where water saturated rock slips a cliff under the force of gravity)
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Stage 3 - The weight of the saturated cliff causes it to slump.
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More resistant rock
In areas where there is more resistant/hard rock cliff collapse occurs.
In areas of more resistant cliff material erosion is greatest when waves break at the foot of a cliff. This causes erosion at the base of the cliff.
This creates a wave-cut notch in the base of the cliff. As the notch increases in size the weight of the cliffs above become too much and the cliff collapses.
The material from the cliff is broken up through attrition and some of then remains at the base of the cliff forming a terrace known as a wave cut platform.
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Wave cut platformhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1swjSvgx6A
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Wave cut platform
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcc5oFUerGE
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Cliffs, wave cut platforms and wave cut notches
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Cliffs, wave cut platforms and wave cut notches
FORMATIONOrganise these statements and label them on the
diagram1. The backwash carries the rubble towards the sea
forming a wave-cut platform. 2. The process repeats and the cliff continues to
retreat.3. The sea attacks the base of the cliff through
hydraulic action and attrition forming a wave-cut notch.
4. The notch increases in size causing the cliff to collapse.
5. Weather weakens the top of the cliff.
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Headlands and bays
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Headlands and Bays
• These form where there are alternating layers of hard and soft rock along a coastline.
• Where there is more resistant rock it will be worn away more slowly leaving a headland sticking out to sea.
• Softer rock will be eroded more quickly forming a bay.
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Headlands and Bays
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5gpkGIuB2M
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Caves, arches, stacks and stumps
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWIO90HxhEQ
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Caves, arches, stacks and stumps
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Caves, arches, stacks and stumps
These are landforms of erosion along a coastline. • Even hard rock, that forms headlands, contains weaknesses.
Hydraulic action forms cracks in the rock until an opening is formed.
• As the waves continue to attack the rock is hollowed out to form a cave.
• Further erosion means that the cave is widened and deepened until it becomes an arch.
• Widening of the arch through undercutting means that material becomes unsupported and collapses into the sea forming a stack.
• Further undercutting causes the stack to collapse leaving only a stump.
Draw a diagram/series of diagrams and annotate them to show the processes
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