Nov. 20

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Contents 1 Topics from chapter 20 1.1 Coastal processes 1.2 tides 1.3 erosional features 1.4 depositional features 1.5 global warming and sea level change 1.6 continental margins

Topics from chapter 20

Coastal processes

• wave motion
• anatomy of a beach
  • sand budget of beach
• wave refraction
  • see fig. 20.2
  • longshore current

tides

• moon, gravity connections

erosional features

• wave-cut terraces

depositional features

• barrier islands

global warming and sea level change

continental margins

• passive vs active
• shelf
• slope
• rise
• turbidity currents
  • tubidites
• submarine canyons