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Landform - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the earth sciences and geology sub-fields, a landform or physical feature comprises a geomorphological unit, and is largely defined by its surface form and location in the landscape, as part of...
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Raised beach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Coast - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Some Coastal Landform Definitions ... ; Definitions of some terms used in the landform study sites of; Matthew FLINDERS & the Coastal LANDFORMS of SE Australia ... bay = a body of water forming a coastal indentation (its mouth is wider than the magnitude of the indentation) (P)
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The various landforms of coastal areas are almost exclusively the result of the action of ocean waves. Wave action creates some of the world's most spectacular erosional landforms. Where wave energy is reduced depositional landforms, like beaches, are created.
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Ocean and Coastal Systems ... A coast or the coastal zone is a dynamic region where land is sculpted and shaped by wave action and currents. Barring the effects of tectonic uplift and sea level change, erosion is the dominate geomorphic process acting on coasts.
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2008. "Coastal landform processes." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth October 18, 2006;
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This is due to the dual processes of spit formation and rapid coastal erosion. The spit grows southwestwards, at the same time the neck of the spit must move westwards due to the erosion of the coastline. Eventually a landform similar to the current situation evolves with an attenuated neck and a bulbous tip.
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The primary objective of this publication is to share with a wider audience the information and ideas that were shared by those attending the first workshop on Coastal Landform Management in Massachusetts that was held at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on October 9 and 10, 1997. The workshop was designed to ...
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Coastal sand dunes only develop where suitably strong winds, an abundant supply of sand and a place to accumulate exist (see AEOLIAN LANDFORM). Wind and waves carry sand up onto the foreshore where it collects behind rocks, flotsam and clumps of SEAWEED.
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