Transportation

• Traction

  Heavy rocks and boulders rolling along the sea bed. High energy current.
• Saltation

  Small pebbles/small sediment bouncing along the sea bed. Low energy current.
• Suspension


  Pieces of sediment carried up and along the sea bed. Low energy current.
• Solution

  Minerals are dissolved in the water and carried along in solution. Low energy current.
• Longshore drift


  The movement of sediment from one side of the beach to another.