coastal landscapes & processes

• | physical processes

  weathering on the coasts
• | physical processes

  mass movement on the coast
• | physical processes

  how waves erode the coast
• | physical processes

  longshore drift
• | physical processes

  transport
• | physical processes

  deposition
• | influence of geology

  geological structure

  • geology affects how FAST coastal erosion occurs
  • soft rock is eroded quicker than hard rocks
• | influence of geology

  soft rocks

  • easily eroded by the sea
  • cliffs will be less steep than coasts consisting of hard rocks
  • soft rock landscapes have bays