17.1: Introduction
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Learning Objectives
After reading this chapter, completing the exercises within it, and answering the questions at the end, you should be able to:
- Summarize the factors that control wave formation and the important features of waves
- Explain how water is disturbed beneath a wave, and how that affects the behaviour of waves as they approach the shore
- Describe the origins of longshore currents and longshore drift
- Explain why some coasts are more affected by erosion than others and describe the formation of coastal erosional features, including stacks, arches, cliffs, and wave-cut platforms
- Explain the process of coastal straightening
- Summarize the origins of beaches, spits, baymouth bars, tombolos, and barrier islands
- Describe the origins of carbonate reefs
- Explain the various mechanisms of sea-level change (eustatic, isostatic, and tectonic) and the implications for coastal processes
- Compare the positive and negative implications of human interference with coastal processes
Contributors
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Physical Geology by Steven Earle used under a CC-BY 4.0 international license. Download this book for free at http://open.bccampus.ca.