Coastal Landscapes in the UK Flashcards
What is longshore drift also known as?
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Littoral drift
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What is longshore drift also known as?
Do headlands form along concordant or discordant coastlines?
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Headlands form along discordant coastlines.
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Do headlands form along concordant or discordant coastlines?
Give three examples of hard engineering techniques used to protect the coast.
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Groynes, rock armour, sea walls, revetments, gabions or breakwater.
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Give three examples of hard engineering techniques used to protect the coast.
Which type of mass movement involves saturated soil and weak rock flows down a slope, typically where cliffs are made up of boulder clay?
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Mudslide / mudflow
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Which type of mass movement involves saturated soil and weak rock flows down a slope, typically where cliffs are made up of boulder clay?
What is attrition?
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Attrition is when waves cause rocks and pebbles to bump into each other and break up.
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What is attrition?
